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...Association through the Inter-Faith Council (IFC). “I joined IFC as soon as I came here on campus, and through IFC I met some people on Baha’i” she says. “None of it didn’t attract me...it’s not about a fight of whose religion is right and wrong, and who’s going to heaven and who’s going to hell, it’s all about helping each other and to create social justice and to eliminate economic crises...
...MORE Secondary fields also give students the ability to explore their interests without fear of joblessness after graduation. In more obscure fields such as Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies or Folklore and Mythology, a “practical” secondary field such as Economics can be a very attractive option.“I know a lot of people in the music department who are joint concentrators just because it’s a very risky thing to be just [a] Music undergrad,” says Brettman. “They want to not throw all their eggs...
...that they took a backseat," says Jonathan Morrow, legal adviser to the Kurdistan Regional Government and a former senior legal adviser to the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. Rather than simply satisfying oil companies, the new law "offers oil companies risk and reward" deals, which are necessary to attract the multibillion-dollar investments needed for companies to create new fields and extract large quantities of oil, Morrow says. "It's very obvious to me that oil companies, including large ones, are following these negotiations closely, looking for a clear legal regime for Iraq." But before they find clarity, they...
...sermons. “Podcasts serve a slightly different demographic—a bit younger and possibly more tech-savvy,” Justin P. Schoolmaster, director of development and administration at Memorial Church, wrote in an e-mail. “Churches are always looking for ways to attract and retain younger members.” A sprinkling of professors has begun to podcast classes within the Extension School and the College. Computer Science E-1, “Understanding Computers and the Internet,” was number one on Wired Magazine’s list of university...
...When the rail project was launched in 2001, the Tibetan government-in-exile called it "a disaster for the Tibetan people," and warned that it would attract huge numbers of ethnic Chinese to the province and upset fragile ecosystems. In a 2003 white paper Chinese officials denounced those concerns as the work of the "Dalai [Lama] clique and the international anti-China forces" who ignore "the progress in the ecological improvement and environmental protection work in Tibet." The paper argued that economic development was necessary to protect the province's environment. But officials in Dharamsala argue that average Tibetans...