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...inquiry--students learn these methods by taking courses in fields other than their own. Mathematical reasoning is taught in all mathematics classes, and appreciation for music can be learned through departmental music courses as well as Literature and Arts B. Students should be encouraged to take challenging courses, not driven away from them by Core-heavy graduation requirements. As the undergraduate curriculum stands today, Core courses possess no unique access to "methods of learning"; the Core has thus become an unwieldy distribution requirement in fact, if not in name...
...Young Turk government regarded Turkish Armenians as a dangerous source of instability, and decided to deport the entire Armenian population of 1.75 million. In what some claim was the first genocide of the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were driven from their homes and killed. Tens of thousands emigrated to Russia, the Middle East, France and the U.S. There are currently less than 65,000 Armenians living in Turkey itself. Turks reject the accusation of genocide, stating that Armenians were among the many civilians to die in one of the most violent periods of human history...
...streets. But this argument is flawed: Filipinos in fact are among the most patient people in Asia. The original People Power revolution, for example, was the culmination of more than two years of anti-Marcos street rallies. The second interpretation of events is that the people were driven by moral indignation. The forces of righteousness, represented by Corazon Aquino and Catholic prelate Jaime Cardinal Sin, rallied the masses against a President up to his neck in booze, broads and below-the-counter business deals. This analysis has appeal in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, and Aquino and Sin knew...
...deregulation have for the most part remained just that. New York City is facing an electricity shortage this summer. In the Northwest, Oregon and Washington, which typically import power from California in the winter, have recently been sending juice south and find themselves exposed to a cruel market driven up by their neighbor's woes. "Retail utilities may lack the financial resources to purchase needed supplies or build the generation we all agree is necessary," Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber wrote in a letter to outgoing Energy Secretary Bill Richardson last month...
...retooling comes after a consultant sniffed that Pacifica's impact has gone from "insignificant to irrelevant." If they paid this guy 25[cents], they were robbed. What's irrelevant is the numbing prattle of indistinguishable loudmouths who populate ratings-driven broadcast media...