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...getting funding, the time sensitivity of my project changed,” he said. New this year was an online database of all potential sources of funding which publicized some of the traditionally overlooked grants. Also, 14 centers agreed to use a common application this year, reducing the burden for students who wished to apply for multiple grants. Applicants had to submit proposals as early as February in hopes of securing funding. Some centers fund not only senior thesis research but summer internships as well, which are available to all students, not just juniors. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin...
...plethora of world-destroying crises to be worried about? Your report excellently detailed the many negative effects of global warming and, more importantly, stressed its immediacy. As a young person, I'm well aware that it is my generation to which many corporations and politicians wish to relegate this burden, and my generation will suffer the consequences of today's recklessness. I am especially frustrated by the Bush Administration's harmful environmental policies. Thank you for your efforts to educate the public about the threat of global warming, a threat more imminent than many have believed. Hannah Jewell San Rafael...
...constituency—low wage workers—that new immigrants are a natural ally.First, Democrats cannot give in to the bastardized populism of xenophobia. The “conservative” option—hunting down immigrants, putting more guns on the border—puts a heavier burden on an already marginalized population. If the Democrats go this route, they will alienate Hispanic voters and any other group that remembers what it is like to be told “you’re not welcome.” The best option, morally and politically, is for Democrats...
...Hindu students attending Dharma’s religious events are admirably in touch with their cultures, a Christian who is religious enough to regular Memorial Church or St Paul’s Cathedral is painfully unprogressive. Because of this, being openly Christian at Harvard proves to be a burden. Defending Christian values becomes an extracurricular activity unto itself: students who do so are thought of as moralists or dubbed reactionaries. Last fall, when Harvard Right to Life published anti-abortion posters—though the organization is secular, objection to abortion is common to most Christians—many students...
...says. Now married for 15 years and living in Long Beach, Calif., with Jim and their two daughters, Heather, 39, says she appreciates the structure that Opus Dei gives her life. She sees setting aside at least an hour a day for prayer as a blessing, not a burden. "I have much more calm because I know God has a hand in whatever happens," she says. "I am not as uptight about things." The result, she feels, is that Opus Dei has helped her be a better mother and wife...