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...current mental health support for college students across the nation. In a survey conducted by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, only 31 students out of the 161 students who committed suicide at 333 colleges sought mental-health treatment on their campus. Currently, Harvard has not chosen to adopt this method, but Director of Behavioral Health and Academic Counseling Paul J. Barreira is now leading an effort in evaluating the success of these methods. Barreira, who is also an associate professor of psychiatry, said that he has not found enough persuasive evidence in favor of this study...
Rapier said that the professors will be chosen under the normal appointment process and that Alwaleed will have no input whatsoever over appointment decisions, but students and faculty have already started to express concerns about who is hired...
...greatly to its success. Because the seven stars performed voluntarily, the only costs of putting on the show were minimal production expenditures. The ticket profits, as well as the individual donations, which amounted to $1,100, will go directly to the Edhi Foundation, a Pakistani emergency service organization, jointly chosen by the ERC and HCC. Though we don’t doubt that students would have wanted to see a comedy show regardless of whether the proceeds were going to earthquake relief efforts, we would not have seen such great enthusiasm and generosity without a charity benefactor. We are excited...
...city. The unexpectedly big turnout?250,000 claimed by the organizers, 63,000 by the authorities?has hardened the positions of both the pro-democracy camp and the Chinese leadership in Beijing. The democrats are emboldened, and more determined than ever to push for "universal suffrage": a Chief Executive chosen by the people and not a narrow electoral college; and for a fully elected legislature, not the mixed bag of members currently chosen by either popular vote or professional groups. Beijing, for its part, refuses to be swayed by what it regards as "mob rule," and is resolute...
...proposals, the democrats should try to find allies in the local business community, Hong Kong's most influential group. Many businessmen are open to the idea of direct elections as early as 2012, when a Chief Executive, who serves a five-year term, will again have to be chosen. But they are concerned, with some justification, that certain policies advocated by the pro-democracy camp?like minimum wages and maximum working hours?might hurt Hong Kong's competitiveness. In order to have a better chance to advance democracy, the democracy fighters must assure the business community, which has Beijing...