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This increase in suicides reflects the larger problem of the army’s failure to fulfill the mental-health needs of troops. An improvement of our nation’s military mental-health programs is long overdue—those who have chosen to serve our country deserve the same attention paid to their minds as to their bodies...
...Gregg, who does not expect to seek re-election in 2010, first made his concerns clear to Obama earlier this week. They met Wednesday at the White House, just a day after Gregg had conspicuously chosen not to vote at all on the Senate's stimulus plan. The news was kept secret until Thursday. In a briefing to reporters at the White House, Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, said the news had come as a blow. "My first thought was, It's better we discovered it now than later," he said, according to the Wall Street Journal...
...School Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Law School lecturer Stephanie Robinson have been chosen as the new masters of Winthrop House, and the first black House Masters in Harvard history, College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced yesterday afternoon. They will assume their new posts next fall, replacing Professor Stephen P. Rosen and Mandana Sassanfar, who called it quits after six years as the Winthrop House Masters, citing personal reasons for the decision. The pick comes as part of a recent push by Hammonds to foster greater diversity among House Masters, a group that contains few minority members...
...next time you’re singing along to “Live Your Life” while piling up your plate, know that the cooks love Rihanna just as much as you do. The radio stations are chosen by the dining hall staff, and while you can count on hearing Top 40, classic rock, or oldies in most houses, not all d-hall music is created equal. Afternoons at Quincy are dominated by oldies, the bosses’ favorite, with classic rock coming on after 4:00 p.m. But when Mike L. Charles is working, expect to hear some...
...benefit groups dedicated to preventing sexual assault, including the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center and Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless women and those fleeing abusive relationships. In addition, Ensler’s V-Day movement, which aims to end violence against women and girls, has chosen the rape and abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo as its 2009 spotlight campaign. During the current conflict the use of rape as a weapon of war has become prevalent and “Vagina Monologue” performances around the country will take part in raising...