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Environmental innovation holds great promise. But it will take decades for clean-energy technologies to be distributed on a global scale. In the meantime, the global population will increase by 3 billion, the demand for higher standards of living will not abate, and carbon dioxide will be emitted at an increasing pace. Even if we were to stop all carbon emissions tomorrow, the world will still continue to warm up for at least another 30 years...
...those for TFs, who are currently required to be evaluated even if professors decline a full evaluation for their courses, thereby overturning the Faculty’s hypocritical and pompous position that teaching evaluations are important until one gets a Ph.D.—but unnecessary after.This mandate will demand reciprocation. The motion includes the expectation that students participate in course evaluations. Although complete enforcement is impossible, the motion does provide an incentive. If it is passed, students who submit their course evaluations will have their grades made available to them early. It is the responsibility of conscientious students...
...ongoing “war on terror”—and the policies that accompany it—invoke necessity and fear: what are the Patriot Act and rendition but responses to the shadowy and nebulous threat of Islamic extremism? The global state of affairs continues to demand clandestine activity and the classification of information, but the over-stepping exemplified by this episode only undermines the legitimacy of the CIA as a protective service. Instead, it makes the CIA appear renegade, reckless, and intent on doing harm to both its own image and that of the United States...
...campaign], I love the people,” she said. While the two camps were congenial, the competitive air was still alive as Martel’s supporters held up signs reading, “Hanging Chads, Election Stolen” and “We Demand a Recount, Some Cabot Voters Barred From Booths,” after the Sundquist-Sarafa victory was announced. “This election is not over,” Martel supporter Rachel A. Montana ’08 said. “We will squeeze this orange until the pips squeak...
...report warned that if the government maintains its current policies, in 20 years the country will face a water crisis with violent regional clashes over the precious resource. Perhaps the most ominous aspect of this shortage is the remoteness of its relief. Thanks to a rapidly growing population, the demand for water is expected to double by 2050. Climate change will also have a long-term effect on the amount of glacial water supplying India’s rivers, which are the source of water for many households. The Indian government is faced with a number of ways to quench...