Committee to look at groups that
monitor sweatshop labor
A 10-member committee has been named by Penn
State President Graham B. Spanier to examine the potential benefits of the
University's membership in several organizations that claim to monitor labor
practices in the apparel industry.
Researchers unlock jellybean mystery
The association
of jellybeans with the Easter season is as commonplace as chocolates on Valentine's
Day and evergreens at Christmas. But most who love munching on the jelly-filled
delicacies in the sugar shell know little about the creation and physics of
this confectionery marvel.
Keeping the music alive
Raices -- pronounced rye-ee-sis -- is a program
of the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, which in turn is a division
of Boys Harbor Inc., a nonprofit educational youth agency in New York City.
The conservatory was established in 1970 to train the next generation of musicians
who would study and perform the classics of Latin music.
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