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...equality were the big issues of the older generation, he says, "but we place more importance on freedom than equality." Younger Germans seem to like the absence of ideological baggage that is typical of the new politicians. But the same lack of engagement means that some don't bother to vote or to become involved in politics at all. In the 2002 Shell Youth Study, which its authors say still holds true today, only 34% of respondents under 25 said they had any interest at all in political affairs. That is down from 57% of the same age group...
...fire alarms. Some of this indifference is caused by a lack of information—a fire alarm will go off, students will go through the motions of evacuation, and then life will continue as it did before, with students being no more aware of why they should even bother to evacuate in the first place. We recommend that each House send an e-mail to its students following each fire alarm that details what caused the alarm and what is being done to resolve the problem (especially in cases like the Eliot bakery). These messages should invariably end with...
...scared of elevators or planes at all. At all,” he says. “I’ll go in any airplane or elevator, no matter how shady it is…Within reason. Not like a plane without propellers. But it doesn’t bother me anymore, it’s not a fear I have anymore...
...black men arent violent criminals, the primary activity of black women—this piece excluded—isnt to angrily rant about things that bother us, and all black people on this campus do not know and associate exclusively with each other. People here, and everywhere, need to divest themselves of these stereotypes they're holding onto about young black people. Everyone can start by first turning down the radio, shutting off the TV, and coming out to a BMF meeting, ABHW meeting, or wherever youll feel most comfortable. There won't be a set of black men aggressively...
Just where J.P.L.'s westward-ho push will take it next is not yet set. More missions to Mars are certain. Others to Pluto and Jupiter's moon Europa are possible. The still vague nature of these plans does not bother the veterans who know the lab best. "What we do here is try to figure out how impossible a task is and then we take it on," says Lee, a 30-year J.P.L. veteran. "The result is that we add to human knowledge. Now, can you have a better life...