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Chickens, dogs, cows and cats are all domesticated animals found in America today. While some sleep on personalized beds in our homes, others are packed by the hundreds under one roof awaiting a date with the dinner table. So why do we eat some and treat others as members of our families?

As science is increasingly used as a tool of advocacy and argument, what will be the consequences? Roger A. Pielke, Jr., director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, directed a discussion of the role of science in its social contexts and utility in decision-making Feb. 16 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver.

Applications for new apartments at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Williams Village housing community are now being accepted at the American Campus Communities office in room 227 at the University Memorial Center. The new facility, known as "Bear Creek Apartments at Williams Village," is specifically designed for upper-division students and is scheduled to be open for occupancy by fall semester 2003. It features a mix of private and shared bedroom accommodations with private and semiprivate bathrooms, academic support services and laundry and recreational facilities.

Infants who are deaf or hard of hearing go through critical sensitive periods for the development of vocabulary, grammar and the sounds of spoken English, according to a University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ professor. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, chair of the speech, language and hearing sciences department, presented "What the deaf child can't afford to miss: Language, Deafness and the Remarkable Infant" Feb. 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.