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...interview with the Wall Street Journal, University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann ’71 explained that “the Sputnik era didn’t come because a lot of idealists said we had to be better. It came because there were idealists as there are today who said we’re in trouble as a country, we have to compete against the Russians. We have to compete today against the Chinese and Indians who are graduating tens of thousands more very talented science, math, and engineering graduates from their colleges.” The success...
...question over the construction of minarets first came up in 2007 when Muslims in several Swiss towns sought permission to build the towers, which are used primarily to call Muslims to pray. Residents responded by collecting signatures to block the building plans, claiming the minarets were a symbol of Islamic power and radicalism. The four mosques in the country that already had minarets have tried to minimize their presence - and the potential disruption to neighbors - by not using them for prayer calls. (See pictures of Muslims in America...
Joshua M. Zagorsky ’11, who was granted housing to do research for this year’s J-Term, said he came to last night’s town hall because he was curious about winter break programming options...
Kroop said that non-UC students came to both the town hall and the launch party, which was a good sign...
...list came from a company called Pretty Polly Productions, an agency that many New England colleges use to book acts. McFadden emphasized that making the list available to students adds transparency to the whole artist-choosing process, even if many of the artists contribute to what he called "our '90s washed-up band reputation...