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...course, it's easy for me to be sanctimonious: I'm a pop-culture columnist, not a campaign reporter. The logistics of disclosing votes would be a problem; no one wants to slog through countless articles giving the writers' electoral history back to college. But the online magazine Slate handled this by doing a poll of its staff before the 2000 and 2004 general elections. It is the sort of thing websites and blogs are made for. The main reason it won't happen with the mainstream media soon, however, is simple: the other guy isn't doing it. Ultimately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Full Disclosure | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...check vitamin D blood levels of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients, they are generally lower than average. "In the U.K. and other European countries, we haven't got the right UV radiation for most of the year," he says, adding that vitamin D deficiency is a re-emerging problem in the U.K., and that doctors are seeing a resurgence of rickets in children. "With all the scares about skin cancer, when people go outside, they're covered with sunblock, which doesn't allow the conversion of UV light into vitamin D. That's where the supplements come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...this hullabaloo prompted the HUDS PR department to kick into gear, heralding town hall meetings, open letters and House Council debates galore. The root of the problem is not malice, however; it’s a severe hike in world food prices. Last year saw new records set for wheat and corn prices, and, despite falling since their peaks, they are still high above the average. Unsurprisingly, HUDS is therefore undergoing a serious budget crunch, which means that you can say goodbye to all the rainbow highlights of your humdrum student life—tasty little bacon bits, those weird...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Hello, Ethanol. Goodbye, Bacon. | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...most powerful person in the world. But if I were to vote for Hillary Clinton solely on the basis of her gender, is that really a vote of confidence for the feminist movement? In fact, it’s reverse discrimination—a problematic solution to a serious problem...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Sorry, Mom | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...list of “10 types of people who get into Harvard,” fear not, apprehensive applicants! Based on extensive research of campus demographics, FM came up with a list of its own: 1) Basketball recruits—540 on the Math SAT? No problem! 2) Dog psychiatrists—We hear Faust is looking for a second opinion on Clio’s anxiety disorder. 3) Disk jockeys—DJ Shiftee will be moving on to bigger and better dance parties after graduation, so we will need someone to keep pumpin?...

Author: By Samantha F. Drago, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The 10 Best Ways to GetIntoHarvard.net, Guaranteed! | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

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