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Come to find out, that was the work of the Undergraduate Admissions Council, which holds a phone-a-thon—staffed by volunteers—every year. Today, Flyby jumped at the chance to chat up some pre-frosh and answer the pressing questions of the next generation of the brightest and best students in the nation...
During the meeting sponsored by the Graduate Student Council, the administrators spoke about the past, present, and future of graduate education...
...assault on a group of radical students at Islamabad's Red Mosque by the Pakistani army shattered any pretenses of a peace agreement, and Mehsud's vows of revenge for the incident only brought him greater fame. In December of that year, he was tapped by a Taliban council to consolidate the group's loosely affiliated factions in Pakistan. The same month, on Dec. 27, former Prime Minister Benazir was assassinated...
...accepted thing to do. Obama's push to weatherize millions of homes - another stimulus bonanza - will require new norms. In Oregon, a countywide program to upgrade windows and insulation at almost no cost to homeowners got a tepid response. But after an intense mobilization campaign - through citizen councils, churches and Girl Scouts who went door-to-door asking residents why they hadn't weatherized yet - 85% of the county enrolled. "What worked was creating a sense that we're all in this together and you're a social deviant if you don't join us," recalls Ralph Cavanagh...
...efficiently, getting more out of less while improving quality of life. PlaNYC could be a model for megacities from Tehran to Tokyo. "If we can solve these challenges here, we can solve them anywhere," says Ashok Gupta, the air- and energy-program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council...