Before the end of the year, a prescription will no longer be necessary to purchase Plan B, an emergency-contraceptive pill that could prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse. On Aug. 24, the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of the pill, which will be available at pharmacies and health clinics to those 18 and older.
Q What are your thoughts on the government's decision to allow women ages 18 and older to buy emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription? A "I think it's completely reasonable, because if men can just go out and get condoms, why can't women go out and get a pill?" Stuart Dumais, freshman Art foundation "If you're going to do it you need to know what it's going to do.
"Hey, hey, hey, what is going on here?" Casual and dedicated fans of the '90s teenage sitcom "Saved by the Bell" instantly recognize the trademark line: it belongs to Richard Belding, the show's sometimes goofy but always affable principal played by Dennis Haskins.
Tonight at 8, the video-or rather, the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards-will kill the radio star. A tradition since 1984, the VMAs are known for their shock-rock performances like Madonna's "Like a Virgin" in the '80s and Britney Spears ripping off her clothes in 2000 to reveal a flesh-colored, skin-tight suit.
In 2001, a research team led by Princeton philosophy graduate student Joshua Greene, now at Harvard, published a landmark article in Science providing evidence that moral decision-making relies on emotion rather than on pure reason. The group used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to scan subjects as they read about moral dilemmas and found that brain areas associated with emotion lit up when the more vexing scenarios were considered.
Aug. 25 A male was arrested at the Pollak Building for possession of marijuana. A male was arrested on North Laurel Street for carrying a concealed weapon. A male was arrested at Nanci Raygun for malicious wounding. Aug. 26 Two males were arrested on Floyd Avenue for underage possession of alcohol and possession of marijuana.
Although the Department of Psychology remains on West Franklin Street, it no longer occupies the same offices it used to. This summer, the department consolidated its administrative, advising and fiscal offices under one roof at the White House, located at 806 W.
The first day of class for crafts students involved the smack of clay hitting the wooden worktables and making a musical vibration thoughout the second floor of the art building. Molding wet soil into wedges is the average start to any project in a clay studio.
WORLD TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president challenged the United Nations and proposed a televised debate with President Bush on Tuesday, two days before a Security Council ultimatum demanding his country roll back its suspect nuclear program. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said no one can prevent Iran from pursuing what he called a peaceful nuclear program, not even U.
