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Congress votes today on the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, a $2.3 billion military aid package which, many believe, will reduce the flow of illicit drugs into the U.S by 80 percent. In all likelihood, the bill will pass; with the strong support of the Republican leadership, and with midterm elections weeks away, no Senator or Representative will want to appear "soft on drugs" by opposing it. Unfortunately, it appears that a catchy name and the appeal of counter-drug legislation have concealed the content of a bill full of disastrous foreign policy...
Despite the 1998 Leahy Amendment, which prohibits U.S. military aid to foreign soldiers guilty of human rights abuses, the current bill drastically increases the likelihood that U.S. military aid will aid the hemisphere's worst human rights abusers. Colombia, where much of the bill's aid will go, has suffered an average of 10 political killings per day since 1988, many of which have been committed by paramilitary death squads with close ties to the Colombian security forces...
Penn announced it will give 50 of its most prized applicants new "Trustee Scholarships," aid packages that replace all loans with outright grants. This program will cost about $125,000. "Preferential packages" are not formally considered merit scholarships because they still offer aid based on calculations of demonstrated need. The new program completely eliminates self-help for the 50 Trustee Scholars...
Stanford announced sweeping changes to its policies last week, including a pledge not to reduce grants when students find outside scholarships. The plan will allow students to eliminate the work-study and loan provisions of their aid package with scholarship funds. Stanford will also limit the amount of family assets used in calculating need...
...looks as if the show may go on. With a clever bit of detective work, technical ingenuity and the aid of giant radio telescopes, scientists at ESA and NASA (co-sponsors of SOHO) have located the wayward spacecraft and started nursing it back to health; they hope to regain control of it this week. If all goes well, SOHO could be fully back in business this fall in plenty of time to monitor the sun as it approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle of activity, around...