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...will probably be inconclusive. Stronger nations than Lebanon have failed to win their own wars on drugs. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable example of some of the changes that have been taking place in Lebanon ever since a new batch of non-partisan technocratic leaders took power last spring. Chosen as temporary compromise candidates to solve a political crisis that was turning violent, they are nevertheless proving remarkably active in trying to change Lebanon's culture of lawlessness. Instead of choosing sides in the great questions that have torn apart Lebanon and the region - the Arab-Israeli conflict, the cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Broken-Windows Policy Work in Lebanon? | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

...against Harvard staff layoffs, the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) has just chosen a new battlefront for its latest guerilla attack—the desktop backgrounds on Lamont computers...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: SLAM Strikes Again | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

...response to the accusations of sexual humiliation, Bitz told Oregon's Bend Bulletin newspaper in a recent interview that school officials have never instructed students to act in a way that would "sexualize them," and that the students' costumes came from their own dorm rooms and were chosen by the students. "We would never ask a student to give a lap dance," Bitz told the paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

When the Supreme Court hears arguments in Forest Grove v. TA this month, it will not determine whether Mount Bachelor Academy - or any facility chosen by families - offers appropriate care. The parents of the student, TA (because he was a minor at the time the case was filed, the student is identified by his initials, and his parents have not made their names public), stand to gain only the right to seek reimbursement for the child's stay at Mount Bachelor under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...Concert Commission, a student-run committee that organizes campus-wide events and seeks to bring professional entertainment to Harvard. Both groups hoped that adding a student band to Yardfest would help keep the excitement going after Yardfest, said HCC Director Julia Goldenheim ’10. Stealth Foxx was chosen from approximately 10 bands that submitted up to three songs for evaluation by members of HCC and CEB, she said. “We were looking for something that would both sit well in atmosphere of the pub and go well with other artists we have,” said...

Author: By Aixin Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Contest Winner Will Play in Pub | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

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