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...main hurdle, not surprisingly, is politics. The needs of a real conservation effort may require a level of animal protection beyond what is politically possible. That puts conservationists in a bind. Do they push for the tighter levels of protection that might successfully preserve endangered species or do they accept what is politically feasible? "We suggest that most vulnerable species are not really being managed for viability," writes Traill. "Rather, conservation targets in most cases merely aim to maximize short-term [species] persistence and fit with complex political and financial realities...
...conservationists' dilemma echoes that of many climate scientists. Do they push for the strict carbon-emissions reductions that many studies say are necessary to prevent serious global warming or do they accept weaker but more politically realistic targets? Whether it's conservation or climate change, science must often give way to statecraft...
...reformers defend the pace of change, arguing that it is actually quite rapid given the transformation Saudi society has undergone since oil riches first started to transform a nomadic culture. "Fifty-five years ago there was no education for girls," says al-Faiz. "Fifty years ago people didn't accept the idea of women working. Now everyone wants their girls or wives to work or go through higher education. I don't think those kinds of changes have happened in any country as quickly as here." (See pictures of Saudi women...
...gods have been punishing the city for failing to stop his mother, Queen Clytemnestra, from murdering her first husband. The play centers on Orestes’ attempt to challenge the gods, and his decision about whether it is easier to live a predetermined life of penitence or to accept the responsibility of choosing one’s own destiny. Jean-Paul Sartre adapted the myth into a play in 1943 to create an allegory about life in France under the Nazi occupation. Broadwater rewrote the dialogue to reflect the way that modern college students speak and chose to rethink...
Despite the ancient origin of the story, the actors insist that its message is highly relevant for college students. “I think it’s a really nuanced investigation of freedom and the responsibility that freedom brings, and the decision to accept responsibility and come into full consciousness,” says Madeleine A. Bennett ’11, who plays one of the Furies. “It’s not just an affirmation of freedom, but a critical look at what it implies and whether it’s worth taking...