OBJECTIVES This study investigated the importance of environmental influences in explaining weight gain and related behaviors among freshman college students. METHODS We exploited a natural experiment that takes place on most college campuses in the United States--randomized dormitory assignments. We estimated the effects of living in dormitories with varying physical environment characterist...

I am a college freshman and I think I'm on my way to becoming bulimic. Since my junior year of high school, I have periodically binged and tried to purge, but I was never really successful and it was never frequent. My senior year I made myself semi-successfully throw up for the first time, but it was gross and scary and made my throat bleed and I stopped. However, since I've gotten to school t...

I am a college freshman and I think I'm on my way to becoming bulimic. Since my junior year of high school, I have periodically binged and tried to purge, but I was never really successful and it was never frequent. My senior year I made myself semi-successfully throw up for the first time, but it was gross and scary and made my throat bleed and I stopped. However, since I've gotten to school t...

Following eight years of planning and months of construction at the corner of University Boulevard and Main Street, the Bioscience Research Collaborative opened its doors on Monday to Rice s tudents and faculty. The new center, designed with the intent to facilitate interdisciplinary interactions between Rice researchers and the Texas Medical Center, will focus on improving human welfare throug...

UNITED NATIONS They sent the U.S. A rm y ’s e lite Rangers to a rre s t h im . They put a $25,000 price on his head. Now the United Nations is officially giving up the man­ h u n t fo r S om a li w a r lo rd Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to call o ff the search for Aidid and launch a new inqu iry into a t­ tacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia. A id ...

NEW YORK (U P I)A mystery witness told a Brooklyn grand jury Tuesday tahl a Yemeni immigrant and his two sons tried to get him to join in a plot to kill President elect Richard M. Nixon and offered him money to participate. He testified an hour and 20 minutes. The witness, who has never been identified, tipped police to the alleged conspiracy Friday, resulting in the arrests o f Ahmed Namer, 43...