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Soon after these stories were published, the University's Inter-Fraternity Council fined the fraternity for performing "physically and mentally degrading acts," and the Times published an article in which Bush defended the brandings, comparing them to cigarette burns ... In a News story the next day, Bush is quoted calling the branding "insignificant." He said he did not understand how the News "can assume Yale has to be so haughty not to allow this type of pledging to go on." (Source: Yale Daily News, December...
...however, of avoiding the next stage of the global financial crisis: dramatically slower economic growth. The surprising speed at which Asia's economies are decelerating was made clear in China's third quarter GDP figures, released Monday. At 9% growth, China experienced its slowest quarter since 2003. The State Council over the weekend issued a policy statement in which the government promised to provide economic support through greater infrastructure spending, and by offering tax breaks to help small companies and the sagging property market. As the global financial crisis unfolds, the role Asian governments play in the regional economy will...
...Undergraduate Council is exploring bringing major newspapers to campus through a program run by USA Today, UC representatives said at their meeting last night. The company would provide three newspapers—likely USA Today, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times—to seven public locations on campus, including the Malkin Athletic Center, the Science Center, and the Quad. The UC held a preliminary discussion on the initiative at their meeting yesterday, and are still researching whether the College would contribute to funding the program, which would cost $40,000 a year. Maia Usui...
CORRECTION The Oct. 17 article “UC, Students Discuss Ad Board Reform” mischaracterized the attendance of the forum. Only about one-third, not a majority, of the students who attended the event were members of the Undergraduate Council...
Meanwhile, intra-Shi'ite political competition between Sadr, Maliki and the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council - all of them backed to some degree by Iran - continues, and may intensify in local elections scheduled for early next year. Relations between Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomous region in the north remain troubled, with tension rising over the future status of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Indeed, General David Petraeus, the man most quoted by McCain in making his case on Iraq, has warned that the gains achieved in Iraq over the past year are "fragile" and "reversible." While the security situation...