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...universities to cultivate a society in which all are granted an equal opportunity to succeed, and there are few tools more potent with which to address inequality than higher education. And while race still plays a role in determining an individual’s prospects in current American society, socioeconomic status is an even more meaningful determinant...
...call travelers' attention to their grueling shifts, which they say are hazardous to passenger safety. Backed by the European Cockpit Association, which represents some 38,000 pilots and crew members, protesters handed out some 100,000 fake boarding passes containing warnings about fatigue and arguments against the current E.U. laws, which hold that flight personnel can stay airborne for up to 14 hr. per day and 11 hr. 45 min. overnight. A 2003 study found that the risk of accidents for pilots who had been working 13 hr. or more was 5˝ times the risk for all pilots...
...Internal renovations] will inevitably affect House spirit negatively,” said current Eliot House Master Lino Pertile. “The distinctive nature of various Houses has to do with the design of the House—the feel of it. The more you flatten out this distinctiveness, the more [the Houses] become the same, and so the more difficult it is to have House spirit...
Residents said that the anniversary provided “a rallying point” that has extended beyond the one-time event, bolstering the current House spirit that manifests itself in ways ranging from participation in intramural sports to Stein Club attendance...
...hope that together we can accept the invitation of presidents, current and past, to dedicate our collective energy as a university community to the solution of the world’s critical problems and to the pursuit of the common good...