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...Library budgets will be slashed; hundreds of journal subscriptions have already been dropped and fewer books purchased. Departmental budgets will also suffer; next year, some of the smaller departments may be combined or discontinued altogether. Especially damaging are plans to reduce resources allocated to the UMass-Amherst honors program, Commonwealth College, which since its 1997 inception has been a crown jewel of the Massachusetts university system...
...team downsizing comes in response to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ decision to cut funds to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst by $17.1 million this year—part of a $28.5 million budget cut burden thrust upon UMass’ five campuses during the state’s current economic crisis...
...COMMONWEALTH GAMES Starting Off on The Right Foot The political relevance of the Commonwealth may be coming under attack in the wake of Zimbabwe's disputed elections, but that beleaguered group of 54 nations - many of them former British colonies - will have at least one reason to celebrate when its athletes gather in Manchester in July and August for this year's Commonwealth Games. For the first time, disabled athletes will take part in the sporting carnival as full members of their national teams, with disabled events - which include an 800-m wheelchair race, table-tennis singles...
AUSTRALIA Credibility Test British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the future of the Commonwealth was at stake if the organization failed to act against Zimbabwe's controversial leader Robert Mugabe. Commonwealth Heads of Government delayed a decision on Zimbabwe's suspension until after presidential elections. The leaders of Australia, Nigeria and South Africa will decide on a course of action on the basis of a report by Commonwealth election observers...
Last week it was Australia's turn. Khan was there to mark International Women's Day and wasted no time in criticizing Prime Minister John Howard's government's policy of mandatory detention of asylum seekers. Howard, who was hosting the Commonwealth heads of government, claimed to be too busy to meet her. But in sessions with Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock and the Attorney General, Khan urged them to reconsider a policy she says is "contrary to Australia's human-rights obligations." Her meeting with Amnesty member Ruddock elicited special attention, with press reports speculating on whether Khan would...