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• Abortion debate focuses on college students

  Bryan Ens - SFPA Member •April 18, 2011

  Pro-choice groups have sought to portray college students as monolithically supportive of Planned Parenthood — but long-term polls may not reflect this trend.

• Stanford group calls for 'divestment' from companies that profit in Israel

  Matt Bettonville - Stanford Daily •April 18, 2011

  Notable companies that meet those criteria include Motorola, Lockheed Martin, and Caterpillar.

• New study challenges notions about alcohol addiction, binge drinking

  Maria Mauriello - Chicago Maroon •April 18, 2011

  The study suggests binge-drinkers do so because of an increased sensitivity to its rewarding effects.

• Cornell study: ‘Organic’ label makes regular foods seem better

  Oliver Renick - SFPA Member •April 18, 2011

  Even for snack foods like chips, subjects believed the ones with the ‘organic’ label were healthier, even though they were the same.

• Outrage: Vanderbilt considering a campus in Abu Dhabi

  Theodore Samets and David Pasch - SFPA Contributors •April 18, 2011

  NYU was the first, and Vandy could be the next to open shop in a place where human rights, political and intellectual freedoms, gay rights and workers’ protections simply do not exist.

• End affirmative action at Utah State University

  College Fix Staff •April 15, 2011

  Milton Friedman stated it best: "You cannot achieve good ends by bad means."