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...body armor? The piece also touches on a larger policy issue: "If these wars are important enough," asks Thompson, our national-security correspondent and a Pulitzer Prize winner, "isn't it important to have sufficient troops so that the Pentagon doesn't have to keep recycling troops into combat like mental cannon fodder, without consideration to the price they ultimately have to bear?" The answer, of course...
...years back. About 60 American citizens were brought together and assembled into 10 groups, each consisting of five or six people. Members of each group were asked to deliberate on three of the most controversial issues of the day: Should the United States sign an international treaty to combat global warming? Should states allow same-sex couples to enter into civil unions? Should employers engage in affirmative action...
...serendipity. Institutions—including educational institutions—can create an architecture of serendipity. They can promote common spaces in which different types of people mingle together. They can promote interactions between people who are different in terms of political convictions, social backgrounds, and even interests. They can combat self-segregation through housing assignments, curriculum, and social nudges of countless different kinds...
...fields in both music and dramatic arts, which includes theater and dance. In addition to basic courses in acting, directing, and choreography, this year’s dramatic arts offerings included the Paul Taylor dance class, a course on the Practical Aesthetics acting technique, and an introduction to stage combat...
...facilitate social life. (Lengthened Pub hours and a mechanism to incentivize individuals to host parties seem like good places to start.)These changes are just a few of the many small, constructive actions the administration could take that would benefit students. Extending library hours and outsourcing email (to combat the many problems posed by Webmail) may seem minor, but they have the potential to make significant impacts on the day-to-day life of undergraduates. Outside of University Hall, professors and teaching fellows (TFs) also have certain obligations they must meet in order to foster symbiotic relationships between teachers...