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...prepared for the turnout and excitement that are typical for a Girl Talk concert. While the CEB certainly tried to market the concert as just one segment of the larger pep rally event, it should have been prepared for the possibility that students might show up prepared to act as they would at a regular Girl Talk concert. It should have made these expectations—of drunken, unwieldy, and massive crowds—clear to HUPD, which could have worked to keep the concert safe without shutting it down entirely. HUPD, too, should have been more willing to respond...
Aside from the committee formation, the UC addressed several other issues last night. UC Representative Benjamin M. Zagorsky ’12 presented the “Freshman Brain Break Act.” Zagorsky tracked the times freshmen attended brain break and presented the data to the council. The act recommends that the Freshman Dean’s Office and the Annenberg Dining Hall manager push back brain break 30 minutes so that it starts and begins at 9:15 p.m. The act passed...
...Today, many Americans see Barack Obama’s election as a sign that our society has reached the metaphorical promised land of racial equality. But only Barack Obama’s successes or failures in the coming years will determine his effect on race relations. If we act as though the journey towards equality is already over, we risk wandering the desert instead of fulfilling Dr. King’s noble vision for our country...
...crime or a mental disorder . Although many pedophiles are subject to a personality disorder that dictates a sexual preference “for children, boys or girls, or both, usually of prepubertal or early pubertal age,” according to the World Health Organization, others commit the act for emotional reasons, and are not affected by a clinical mental disorder...
...think its not very sustainable if I’m not around to see my daughter get married?’” he said. After graduating from Brown in 1995, Werbach, then 23, became the youngest-ever president of the Sierra Club. He later founded Act Now, which advised companies on how to improve their sustainability. The firm eventually merged with global marketing firm Saatchi & Saatchi. At his talk, Werbach described becoming disillusioned with many environmentalists’ goals. He told of a time when he met a female biologist who prioritized her desire to reduce noise pollution...