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...mystery why the opposition Movement for Democratic Change??s (MDC) parliamentary seats fell from 57 to 41; the election deck, as always, was stacked wildly in Mugabe’s favor. Mugabe directly appoints 30 members of the parliament, which means that the MDC needs to win 76 seats to have a simple majority while the ZANU-PF only needs 71 seats to have a two-thirds majority. The ZANU-PF supports this structural advantage through gang violence, voter intimidation, and shameless abuse of food aid. Simply put, voting for the MDC is a death sentence in rural...
This is not to diminish the triumph of student activists, who likely had a major impact on the CCSR’s decision. In November, then-HMC President Jack R. Meyer said to The Crimson that “divestment is not an effective way to make social change?? and argued that such an action would only eliminate jobs for the Sudanese people. It is safe to assume that no such statements will be uttered by anyone at the HMC anytime soon. This culture change among Harvard’s financial managers will ensure that they will think...
Since the organization is flexible, Weems says, the number of vendors varies each day. Although there are about 120 individuals on Spare Change??s list, on average only about 80 buy papers from the office each week...
This year—although barely begun—has seen an unprecedented shift in the politics of the Middle East. The Arab street has demanded change??and change has occurred from Egypt to Saudi Arabia to Lebanon. It is the Muslims’ turn to follow suit. They must speak up and tell the Osama bin Ladens of the world that they are no longer allowed to subvert and twist the faith for their personal aims. Only then can they ensure that the next tragedy is not followed by another line of Muslim apologetics, trying to salvage...
...referring to supposedly heartfelt “feelings” about things like derivatives (“I feel like the derivative has to do with rate of change??),— the sharing of emotions generated by the proper drawing of a Lewis-dot diagram (“I feel like there’s a double bond between the carbons”), and worst of all, rousing concern with regard to another student’s impressions (“I feel like what he/she said is wrong?...