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Specifically, the bill would inevitably discourage doctors from prescribing appropriate levels of pain medication to patients. In addition to the harsh penalties that come with conviction, the bill would earmark $80 million to encourage the Drug Enforcement Administration to actively investigate physicians. Although the bill attempts to distinguish pain relief from doctor-assisted suicide, the line between relieving suffering and causing death, especially when a patient is so close to the end, is often incredibly difficult to determine. Far be it from the legislators in Washington to claim the foresight to know what dosage is appropriate or inappropriate for countless...
...attract positive media spin. And that's fine - as a quick fix. But after all the conventioneers have pulled up camp and gone back to their daily lives in Iowa and Colorado, Philadelphia's leadership would be well advised to take another hard look at their town and earmark a few million of that convention money for a round of serious, uncynical renovation. Because reality will hit this city hard: Once the strategically placed red-white-and-blue bunting comes down, residents will take a look around at the city's cracks and potholes and wonder when everything...
...portion of the money was eventually allocated to increasing the council's grants to student groups. In addition, the council decided in March to earmark $25,000 for a cause designed to benefit student groups in the long-term...
This solution is weak. By this half-hearted arrangement, it appears the council wants to claim it is listening to the student voice without having to bear the pesky inconvenience of a campus-wide debate on the various options the council's ad hoc committee proposed. Various plans would earmark the money for Springfest, student groups or a new sound system for the council to lend to student groups. Another proposal would have the council make a symbolic donation toward a new student center. Students deserve to participate in this debate and should have a direct say in which option...
...will restrict my participation point to financial aid because it is the only specific area for which we can earmark our donations. I want to say thank you to Harvard, but I do not wish to reinforce the idea that Harvard is a unified entity. Instead, I think it is important to stress the fact that one of its interest groups has an agenda often at odds with the concerns and thoughts of the others. Daniel M. Suleiman '99 is a social studies concentrator in Leverett House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays...