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...discuss the antigovernment protests that erupted in Bolivia in early September, leaving at least 18 people dead and 100 wounded. Present was Bolivian President Evo Morales, who earlier had called the rebellion a U.S.-backed coup d'état and expelled the U.S. ambassador. The U.S. called the claim baseless, throwing out its Bolivian ambassador in return. Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, claiming to have uncovered a U.S. plot against himself, removed his country's U.S. ambassador in solidarity with Bolivia--and prompted the U.S. to respond, again, in kind...
...severely leveraged transactions, all in the pursuit of pushing the sheets through the roof, was left unblocked. The result is that now the average American taxpayer is paying the price through bailouts, and the average consumer is losing her shirt by foreclosures, inflation, and rising unemployment. We do not claim to be economic experts, nor can we point to one cause for or one solution to our current economic crisis. But we do believe that our financial system needs to be changed, and the culture of rampant, unregulated, and inexcusably over-leveraged deal-making needs to be stopped by judicial...
...will claim that On-Campus Recruiting is not “easy,” and indeed, many students who go through the application process do not land finance or consulting jobs. However, the process is simpler than the average job search because of the fact that OCS essentially walks students through its steps. No comparable process exists for any other industry. This year’s “Guide to Jobs and Recruiting”—a publication that is co-published by the OCS and by Tahe Crimson—lists only seven...
...insincere in its claim to helping students find jobs in a wide variety of industries. Rather, its efforts in this area simply fall short. First, OCS lacks resources. The University should allocate more funds to OCS so that it can expand its staff, include more specialists in more sectors of the job market, give students more one-on-one attention, and have a larger working budget...
...Clearly, both professions—history and journalism—may lay claim to individuals worthy of admiration and of condemnation. It is, however, an informed and educated public that in the end will distinguish between them...