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...raise the best little emperors they can; doctor-aided euthanasia is not uncommon when children are born with birth defects. Infanticide is just one of the many ethical compromises forced upon China's doctors by an authoritarian government. Obstetricians under orders from bureaucrats perform late-term abortions, and psychiatrists commit sane political dissidents to mental institutions. In March and April, hundreds of doctors knew that Party officials were risking lives by denying the scope of the SARS epidemic. Only one, 71-year-old military doctor Jiang Yanyong, went public with damning information. His colleagues, meanwhile, abetted a scheme to hide...
Teach for America, a national program in which graduates commit to two years of teaching in low-income public schools, is one program that has been particularly popular among seniors...
These questions aren’t all that unreasonable. After all, as a general rule, people explore many different experiences in college and often commit the most time to activities that will, in some way, reflect their future careers. The politicos of tomorrow gravitate towards the Institute of Politics and Harvard Model Congress; future doctors join the Pre-med and Hippocratic Societies; and burgeoning writers first seriously ply their trade on the pages of The Crimson, the Advocate, or, Heaven forbid, the Lampoon...
...just one example. Another option is to financially support socially minded-students—the First Year Social Committee, with financial aid of the University, successfully planned a scavenger hunt, Red Sox game outing and the first-year formal. Regardless of the approach, administrators must genuinely commit themselves to improving students’ social experiences...
...both sides now need to commit wholeheartedly to peace. While the first priority is the elimination of terrorism on the Palestinian side, Israeli leader Ariel Sharon needs to implement his own policies for peace. The continuing construction of new settlements and new settler “outposts” in the West Bank severely undermines Israel’s commitment to peace. While this construction activity is in no way the moral equivalent of suicide bomber attacks, halting any and all settlement construction immediately is imperative to show respect for the Palestinians...