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Primed by inspirational speakers and self-congratulatory messages, it’s difficult to go through graduation without feeling the need to save the world from its mounting problems—global warming, conflict in the Middle East, et cetera. But before charging off full of hubris and missionary zeal, it seems appropriate to take stock and bask in mankind’s flourishing success: We live in an era of unprecedented human well-being...
...don’t get a high off of being a fighter—that’s not how I want to live my life,” she says. Provost says she’s highly emotional and caring, traits that often conflict with her no-holds-barred tactics in combatting structures of power. Provost is also a lover of aesthetics. She is a painter, sports a nose ring and is decked in a dozen colorful bracelets. And as of last week, she has, forever inked above her heart, a flower with fists in place...
...department is considering a plan to establish voluntary tracks organized around a single “problem or puzzle”—such as “violence and conflict,” “human rights,” or “political participation,” according to Colton. Students would take several courses addressing that theme from a variety of perspectives. The program could be in place by fall...
...while the institute itself does not receive federal dollars, HSCI’s faculty members are eligible to receive government money for their specific labs if the research being funded does not conflict with federal policy...
...much worse Iraq can get before things might get better is a frightening calculation to consider. Does Iraq have the potential to become Rwanda, where up to 800,000 people died in the course of roughly 100 days in 1994? Or will the carnage be more like the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, where more than 100,000 people were left dead in a war that stretched from 1992 to 1995? No one can estimate that with any certainty. But millions of Iraqis have decided not to stick around to see how the numbers add up. More than 2 million...