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Meh, that's nothing. OSU waited twice that long before announcing they lost the social security number of everyone who ever applied to their college, worked for them (contractor, full time, etc.) or was ever affiliated with them. OSU isn't even a bank. It's certainly pathetic with all things considered, but blatant disregard for consumers seems to be the industry standard. And they still haven't announced what happened to this date. Oh, and the identity theft protection program they gave everyone? It's just a thing where some middle-man company takes your 1-credit-report-per-year and tells you if they see anything, and requires money if you want any of the services they say are provided for free. Sort of like shareware.

This article claims that A study of the gender wage gap conducted by economist June O' Neill, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, found that women earn 98 percent of what men do when controlled for experience, education, and number of years on the job..

Of course, women are now graduating college at higher rates than men. There was a recent study mentioned in the New York Times which claims that in US urban areas, women 21-30 earned more on average than men (as high as 120% in Dallas), although nationwide women in that age range only made 89% of men. The suspicion is that urban areas are attracting more college and higher educated women.

At the same time, I've seen a couple of industries that are notable anti-female, so while things are getting better in general, things still have a long way to go.

How about relaxing the privacy laws on these complete nutbags so we know who they are?
How about if all else fails and we catch you after you decapitate your wife lets make sure your fucking ass gets what's coming to you?
Or how about if you don't have the balls to put them in the meat grinder (dumb pacifists) make sure they never ever get out of prison?
How about some liberals are exercising their forgiveness in Dayton, Ohio.

Great...

http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/pape r333/news/1997/01/17/Column/Pleading.Insane.Does.N ot.Excuse.Murderer-40837.shtml/

The Kerry/Edwards campaign said there are many reasons to explore the possibilities that come with stem cell research: broad bipartisan support from 58 Senators, fewer cell lines available today than in 2001, cell contamination from mouse cells used to help culture some cell lines, lack of cell availability, dated technology, and the loss of U.S. leadership in the area as scientist go overseas to work.

See ya later, Johnny (1925-2005) and thanks for the memories!

Actually, birds mice and rats not considered animals under certain laws, this was done in order to make it easier to experiment on them. So while its all nice that they can complain about ferrets, PETA wouldnt have a (legal) leg to stand on for rats.

Heres a quick google about it.

Have you ever listened to NPR? Or do you just regurgitate what FOX News tells you? Because that's really a source of non-biased coverage. You know, just because people keep saying the media is liberal doesn't make it true.

NPR is probably one of the more interesting news agencies out there. You'll here stories there that you won't hear anywhere else. Not because of a political stance, but because they are not trying to get ratings to get advertisers. There stories are much more interesting for those with half a brain.

Besides, the current administration deserves as much heat as can be brought on them. They've gotten a very easy ride from this supposed liberal media.

Ooh, replying to myself, here's an article with a nice summary of Spitzer's study: "In a nutshell, this study indicates -- based solely on subjective human account -- that if a gay or lesbian individual is sufficiently convinced that their orientation is bad they can undergo at least a couple years of therapy with people who think their love life has been the result of a mental disorder or Satan's temptations, and end up with a fifty-fifty chance of becoming straight."

Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

The catch, though, is that it took 12,000 batteries.

According to official sources, Bill Clinton is more responsible than George W. Bush for terrorism in the world today. Had Al Gore been president, nine-eleven would have taken place on one-twenty-five.

The "Fastest" Electric car (which just broke the US speed record at 257mph is the Buckeye Bullet designed and built by students at Ohio State. Read more here: http://www.thelantern.com/news/533082.html

This story was also in OSU's student newspaper, The Lantern today. You can read the first part of the story on the front page, or for the full story, you have to register.

> Some of that is useful. I had my finger prints taken as a child for help in a missing persons case.

Actually, I wrote an articleon that subject.

To the contrary, I disagree. I have not heard of a single instance where it has been found useful, and, as I point out, it was just part of some strange scare at the time period. It is rarely done anymore.