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Irritated by such legal entanglements, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has signaled that he wants the European debate on GMOs to focus firmly on science rather than emotion, and he seems ready to use whatever procedural weapons are at his disposal to break the political deadlock in the...
"The burqa confiscates a woman’s existence. By and large, those who wear it are victims," said Fadela Amara, France’s Secretary of Urban Policy, and a Muslim woman herself. This is the going attitude toward the Islamic veil in France these days. Since 2004, French...
But the commission was not only worried about women’s rights when they proposed the veil-ban, they were also worried about the growth of Islamic radicalism within France. The same parliamentary commission recommended that foreign women exhibiting such signs of "radicalness" (presumably, like a veil) be denied...
Students on the Election Commission would also receive a stipend in order to attract a more diverse group of applicants to the Commission, said UC Vice President Eric N. Hysen ’11. In addition, current UC members or candidates running in the elections will not be allowed to...
Due to an editing error, the print version of the Mar. 8 news article "Election Change Endorsed By UC" featured a jump headline that read "UC Makes Changes to Election Commission." To clarify, the Undergraduate Council's Election Reform Task Force presented a report endorsing 11 specific recommendations that are...