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    March 25, 2013
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    December 21, 2012
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    December 3, 2012
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    August 29, 2012
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    Janel Benson, assistant professor of sociology, has joined the debate about family values on The New York Times. Benson, who specializes in sociology of the family, is one of the contributors to the Times鈥 Room for Debate section of its website.
    April 25, 2012
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    To paraphrase Michael Stipe and R.E.M., 2012 could be the end of the world as we know it. And pioneering archaeoastronomer Tony Aveni, Russell 黑料网 Distinguished University Professor of astronomy and anthropology and Native American studies, has every reason to feel fine.
    April 9, 2012