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...with it, relate it to our own academic work, or even (gasp!) our personal experience. Through dialogue we have the opportunity to reconstruct our own understandings and piece them together with classmates into a fuller perception of reality.But instead of resuscitating veritas, too many of our sections seem to drain even more life from it. I do not mean to attack the sizeable portion of section leaders who already do a wonderful job (nor the all-star professors and lecturers who lead many sophomore and junior tutorials with finesse). But how many of us have routinely had sections where...
...different reason: to save Chinese orphan Fu Jinjin’s life. Fu is a two-month-old living in Henan, China who suffers from myelomeningocele, a disease in which spinal fluids leak from the spinal cord. She needs an operation which would close the leak and drain any excess fluid in her cerebellum. An American surgeon pledged his professional help to the case if HCC could raise $6,000 this Halloween to cover the hospital fees, according to HCC’s website. As of 8 p.m. yesterday, HCC Co-President Aidan S. Madigan-Curtis...
...used to hearing about the financial aid that industrialized countries provide developing nations. So it's a bit of a jolt to realize how often poor countries end up subsidizing rich ones. Case in point: the accelerating brain drain out of Africa of highly skilled medical personnel to fill higher-paying positions in Europe and North America. A report in 2004 found that more than 5,300 doctors who attended medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa--almost entirely at public expense--now practice in the U.S. (An additional 3,500 or so are working in Britain.) An editorial in last...
...city traffic, small enough to fit in the tiniest of parking spots and highly fuel efficient. It seems like an even better idea now. But 11 years after Mercedes dreamed up the idea with Nicholas Hayek, the creator of Swatch watches, the minute Smart car has become an oversize drain on the automaker's profits. In the first six months of this year, Mercedes plunged into the red because of a massive $1.3 billion restructuring charge it took for its Smart operations...
...LONG WILL IT TAKE? Working at full capacity, the city's pumps could drain an Olympic-size swimming pool in 1.9 sec. At the current reduced pumping rate, New Orleans could be drained by Oct. 8, and surrounding areas by Oct. 18, the Army Corps of Engineers estimates...