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...During the question-and-answer portion of the forum, Ayalon addressed a variety of topics, from Israel’s attempts to increase tourism to his frustration that the nation’s restraint may be “misconstrued by outsiders as weakness.” An Israeli citizen who served in the country’s defense force before coming to the College, Shira Kaplan ’08, said she thought Ayalon presented Israel’s case well. “He did a good job as a diplomat,” she said. Mishy...
...different skin color, of a different gender, of a different economic class but never of having a different citizenship. I was born with the privileges of being white, male, and well-off, but the greatest privilege bestowed on me at birth was my U.S. citizenship. Today, a U.S. citizen, ceteris paribus, is worth more than any other citizen on this earth. The easiest way to learn this is to posses both U.S. and Guatemalan passports. My U.S. passport gives me the freedom to travel the entire world with ease, while my Guatemalan passport limits me to Central America...
...Similarly, Mario Perez, a Mexican with his green card who is trying to become a citizen, couldn?t skip class at Malcolm X College, a community college a few blocks from Union Park. ?I have an English test. Maybe I?ll go over there later, but this I have to do,? said Perez, 62, who has been in the country for about 40 years. ?That?s what I?m doing. I?m bettering myself. I want...
...level of the department who presides over the tenure decision, whether it is the provost or the president.“Departments can become clubby, they get to know somebody really well, like them and conceivably want to appoint them because they’re a good friend and citizen. Or the reverse can happen where that department is acting prejudicially,” he said. “The idea that there is some external and higher-level review that’s serious and not nominal is good.”‘THE MOST IMPORTANT THING?...
Joshua Friedman, a real estate attorney and resident, claimed that the zoning anomaly is the result of a clerical error made decades ago. He said that he was generally wary of citizen groups opposing development, but felt compelled to join this petition...