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...result has been an expanded list of countries that fall under Harvard’s blanket restriction policy. The University will provide neither academic credit nor financial support for programs of study, internships, research work, volunteer opportunities, and extracurricular pursuits based in these countries. And although it’s easy to recognize that the move reduces Harvard’s liability concerns, the real question is whether or not the benefits of a blanket policy (including the administrative ease with which travel requests can be processed), can really outweigh the costs...
...course, no one is suggesting that the University abandon its travel restrictions entirely; there are clearly some regions of the world where Harvard can reasonably conclude that student safety is an overriding concern. But country-based blanket restrictions are simultaneously heavy-handed and insufficient. Students wishing to study at the American University of Beirut or intern with a nonprofit in Jakarta are out of luck—both Lebanon and Indonesia are off limits despite the fact both are locales where a responsible traveler can expect no more danger than would be found in many U.S. cities. At the same...
Sounds ambitious, but the website is already extremely influential at home. After two schoolgirls were crushed to death in 2002 by a U.S. military vehicle, OhmyNews provided blanket coverage, triggering widespread demonstrations against the U.S. troop presence. As South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun rode the surge of anti-U.S. sentiment to victory in the 2002 election, OhmyNews portrayed him as the voice of the younger generation. Roh gave his first exclusive interview as President to the online upstart...
...lives." Can he keep up the fire-works? U.S. newspapers and TV gave him scant attention, but the Frankfurter Allgemeine and Le Monde devoted big articles to his bravura performance. In Britain he has made too many media enemies to receive fawning reviews, but his victory in Washington got blanket coverage and enhanced his stature. Even among his detractors, there was admiration for how effectively he stuck his thumb in Bush's eye. He's aiming for Blair next. He says Respect will seek to win control of some local councils in London now under Labour control, and wants...
...behaviors could not be more alike. Louis XVI is known as a foppish king, decked out in his powdered wig and walking stick; Handsome Dan is no less a vain show dog, chosen expressly for his ability to strut in front of a band and tear up a Crimson blanket. Both are the meaningless figureheads of their respective institutions, all bark and no bite; both inhabit silly expensive palaces—Versailles and Yale—pretty on the outside but pretty useless on the inside (where it counts). In fact, ironically enough, Handsome Dan XV’s first...