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Recall elections should be binding if the turnout exceeds either some fraction of the turnout from the first election or a lesser fraction of the total population of the district. If this turnout is not achieved, the appropriate response should be to hold elections again, not to dismiss the recall petition as merely reflecting some fickle and unimportant whim...
Kadison also noted that many students dismiss the common symptoms related to the illness. “When students aren’t sleeping, or they are feeling negative, they don’t think of these as signs of depression,” Kadison said. Greater outreach, like the MHAAG screening in Loker Commons, will continue to help students identify these symptoms in themselves and others and direct them to the appropriate University resources for treatment. Loker’s accessibility succeeded in attracting greater numbers than in the past; bringing mental health education to students is much more...
...good part of Nehru's India, Tharoor notes, is gone already. Socialism is being slowly dismantled. The result has been a rapid acceleration in growth and prosperity-ammunition for those who would like to dismiss Nehru's legacy altogether. But religious fundamentalists have also launched an attack on two other Nehruvian institutions-religious tolerance and pluralist democracy-that have repeatedly demonstrated their value in holding India together. As Tharoor writes, "India's challenge today is both to depart from [Nehru's] legacy and to build...
...Harvard’s name and resources. If Harvard were to join the suit, it could help further the fight against the act, a fight that already has gained considerable momentum—only two weeks ago, a judge rejected the Defense Department’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Harvard’s backing could enhance the efficacy of this legal pressure...
Players like Butler, though, dismiss the numbers and continue to focus on the only goal in mind...