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Anthrax: what you need to know
ANNE McBRIDE, STAFF WRITER
In 1905 a former country doctor named Robert Koch won the Nobel Prize
in Medicine for his work that proved that the bacterium Bacillus anthracis
caused anthrax. [read the article]
Ask Dr. Jeff
JEFF BENSON, M.D., STAFF WRITER
Over 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders. Among them, women
far outnumber men, although there are increasing numbers of men affected.
[read the article]
President Pierce and Senator Fessenden
KID WONGSRICHANALAI, STAFF WRITER
The black horse that rode in at this moment of indecision was New Hampshire
native Franklin Pierce of the Bowdoin class of 1824. He was referred to
as "Young Hickory" to compare him to Andrew Jackson. [read
the article]
Debate team rises
MATTHEW SPOONER, STAFF WRITER
Bowdoin's collegiate debate team had another excellent showing this week
at - wait, what? Bowdoin has a debate team? [read
the article]
Economic Update: President Bush, Kyoto, and the economics of global warming
TA HERRERA AND RICK FREEMAN , FACULTY CONTRIBUTORS
Bush's environmental stance aside, many economists and other policy analysts
believe the Kyoto Protocol is badly flawed. But if Kyoto is problematic,
what do we recommend? [read the article]