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...This is a familiar union song-similar to the argument against school vouchers-that grows less powerful as urban schools grow worse. The fact that charter-school teachers in Detroit are not union members probably had something to do with the union's stand too (Ross said he would accept a union if his teachers wanted one). But Garrison took the argument a step further: "If someone from the outside came to Bob Thompson's suburban town and said, ?I'm gonna give you a lot of money for education, but we spend it my way,' they just wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Unions Killed a Dream | 10/26/2003 | See Source »

...Gaurav Yadav ’04-’05 does admit, “It is a little problematic when people bump and grind their way into my room and start making out, but that’s the price I pay and the responsibility I accept in the off-common room bedroom...

Author: By Meghan M. Dolan and Cornelia L. Griggs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Room With A Crew | 10/23/2003 | See Source »

...life. A diplomat's daughter, Traoré spent chunks of her childhood in Algeria, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. As a musician, she's had to fight for respect, since she was not born into the caste of griots, Mali's musician-bards. It's been hard "to make people accept you for who you are," she says. The outsider's refrain is a cry for acceptance, and she sings one now for developing nations like Mali, whose needs are often overlooked. "In Africa, we are not powerful," she says. "This music is just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sing Out, Sister | 10/21/2003 | See Source »

According to Cambridge political pundit Robert Winters, neighborhood zoning petitions typically ask for more extreme provisions than the councillors are inclined to accept...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neighbors Tired of Living in Harvard’s Shadow | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

Winters says the neighborhood activists who are most vocal on the issue do not necessarily represent the views—and the votes—of the entire neighborhood. He says he believes most Riverside residents would accept a compromise...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neighbors Tired of Living in Harvard’s Shadow | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

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