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Pentagon officials have been watching recruitment and retention rates closely. Until this past fall, the figures were reassuring. All but one branch of the military met recruiting and retention goals for fiscal 2004, which ended Sept. 30. The lone exception was the Army National Guard, which came in at 98% strength--342,000 instead of 350,000--on that date. The shortfall was largely attributed to the Guard's missing by 5,000 its recruiting goal of 56,000 soldiers. It was the first time in a decade that the Guard fell short. But then came the even worse performance...
...everyone shares is the need for more young people to join the organization. Efforts like the National Day of College Preparation have helped increase the number of college chapters to 190, from 50 nine years ago. Younger people are taking on leadership positions. Rick Callender, president of the N.A.A.C.P. branch in San Jose, Calif., is a third-generation member. His mother Norma helped mobilize support for the class action against Denny's in the early 1990s. Callender, 35, says he raised membership in San Jose from just 100 in 2000 to 2,500 in 2004. With an operating budget...
...Citizens Bank branch is just the latest insult in the step-by-step decline of the Square. Before Abercrombie—a place where a college kid could at least spend some time—that site housed the Tasty, a diner where students could even—gasp!—spend time together. The next logical phase in this evolution towards total uselessness to most of us will probably be when that space becomes a real estate office—or perhaps just an extension of the Omega store—into which I will truly never...
Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 has proposed a plan for significant restructuring and decentralization of the council’s committees, including an autonomous grants process and a branch expressly for social planning...
...advocacy services currently provided by SAC would be combined with some routine council services like $1 movie nights to form the third branch...