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...paramilitary massacres peasants, human rights workers, and left-wing activists at will, without fear of reprisal, and often with the tacit consent of Colombian security forces. While the State Department insists that no violators of human rights benefit from U.S. assistance, the accountability of an inept and abusive Colombian military is far from assured. Currently, 10 soldiers are under investigation for committing human rights abuses themselves, and many more cases have been hushed up. Given the Colombian military's extremely poor human rights record, the reality is that we have no way of knowing whether our aid reaches human rights...
...group of Harvard participants has raised over $19,000, which will be donated to benefit the HIV and AIDS-related research and services at Fenway Community Health Center in Boston...
...hassles, dress codes or security checks and say, "I own a part of this place. It is mine." One might argue that these are just the necessary steps to ensure everyone's safety--whatever distance must come between President and citizen, the rationale would go, is for their mutual benefit. But it seems that America may be losing that irrational, incredible feel of ownership unnecessarily...
Princeton's new policy will eliminate all loans when a student's family makes less than $40,000 a year, absorbing what had been $4,080 in debt into an increased grant package in some cases. It will benefit middle-class students by eliminating home equity in calculating expected contributions from families making $90,000 or less. Princeton also replaces needier students' loans with outright grants...
...Hopkins University, has found that high and middle achievers do just as well in "heterogeneous" classrooms as they do in classes populated by kids just like them. And low achievers do better. Says Slavin: "My argument is, Why would you continue grouping students if it doesn't seem to benefit anybody?" One answer: parents of motivated students tend to be pretty motivated and skilled at persuading school boards to sustain classes that provide something special for their children. In an era in which gaining admission to top-shelf high schools and colleges has become a blood sport, self-interest trumps...