A new policy at Tufts University prohibits students in dorms from having sex while their roommate is in the room, according to the university’s 2009-2010 student handbook. The Massachusetts university’s formal rule also bars so-called “sexiling” — exiling a roommate from the room so the other roommate can engage in sexual activity.
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A conversation with China’s young communists
When we requested an interview with members of the Communist Youth League, I expected an army of suits with well-rehearsed answers. Instead, we met three students casually dressed in jeans, just 18 to 23 years old
Mother bids emotional farewell at Yale student’s funeral
Mourners gathered Saturday in a California church to remember slain Yale graduate student Annie Le, 24, whose body was found on the day she was to be married. “You were born in my loving embrace,” said Le’s mother, Vivian Van Le, reading a poem she’d written in Vietnamese to those gathered for the funeral at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in El Dorado Hills, California.
Rape accusation ‘traumatizing,’ former suspect says
Four young men falsely accused of raping an 18-year-old student at Hofstra University were trying to return their lives to normal Friday after an ordeal that two of them described as traumatic. “I was really scared
Zombies give life to our economic blues
In these times of economic woe where better to escape the bitter reality of the credit crunch than your local, friendly multiplex? Or maybe not
Report: Coral almost as genetically complex as humans
Advances in the study of coral in the last few years has led a group of scientists to conclude that corals almost rival humans in their genetic complexity and their relationship to algae is key to their survival. “We’ve known for some time the general functioning of corals and the problems they are facing from climate change,” said Virginia Weis, a professor of zoology at Oregon State University and an author of a report published in the journal Science
This week on Marketplace Middle East
Facetime with Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director, Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project The Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, in support of the Palestinian people, is observed on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Google lets you custom-print millions of books
What’s hot off the presses this week? Any one of the more than 2 million books old enough to fall out of copyright into the public domain.
This week: China- Mideast trade
MME goes to Beijing this week to find out if the fabled Silk Route is making a comeback.
Can DNA analysis help ID best weight loss method?
I have seen many weight loss DNA testing kits on the Internet. These tests claim to identify the best weight loss program by analyzing your DNA