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...would be better if [Prime Minister Erdogan] was less dismissive of secularist concerns in this country," Hakan Altinay, head of the Open Society Institute, a pro-democracy group in Istanbul, told TIME. Lifting the ban may be a good idea, he said, but should be combined with a broader effort to liberalize other parts of the constitution, including Turkey's draconian speech laws. He urged Erdogan to be less confrontational in his approach. That would, he added, help convince all Turks, not just AKP supporters, of the need to revise the constitution. "We are 70 million people living here...
...prevent Islamist activists from taking root in the younger generation, but it has been widely criticized as excessive while also serving as a useful rallying cry for conservative Muslims. Any change would not take place before next spring, at the earliest, but the call forms part of a broader challenge by the current government and its supporters to Turkey's secularist status quo. Speaking to reporters, Erdogan said that the university boards that prevent women in headscarves from studying had no place in students' wardrobes. "It's about freedoms," he said...
Though other universities expanding into Allston have not yet made similar commitments, Bowles said in a statement that he hoped Harvard’s voluntary commitment to reducing greenhouse gases would have broader influence...
...reason why, for instance, a small history seminar should not count for a Historical Studies requirement. Last year, the Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty unilaterally decided that a number of new humanities courses would count for Core credit. That should happen again on a much broader level. To accomplish this, arbitrary technical requirements for Core courses should be relaxed. Courses without midterms are just as valuable—often more—than those with them. The Committee has admitted the senselessness of such administrative hurdles; the Faculty need not await the full implementation of General...
...part of a suite of Congressional revisions to tax codes governing U.S. hedge funds and those who run them. “Individually, no, [the bill] is a simplification, not a dramatic structural change,” Hamill said. “The bill would be a part of broader changes.” —Staff writer Maxwell L. Child can be reached at mchild@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Maxwell L. Child can be reached at mchild@fas.harvard.edu...