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...benefits of higher education, however, it is quite disconcerting that some Democratic candidates are conflating the need to encourage young Americans to pursue higher education with the desire for more youth participation in public service. Specifically, plans by candidates Kerry, Sen. John D. Edwards—and to some extent former Vermont Governor Howard Dean—all provide financial incentives for post-secondary education to those students who will devote considerable time to community service—either during college or after graduation, via service work or low-income public interest jobs. While encouraging public service is a praiseworthy...
Writing a story, or a newspaper column—to some extent, any creative effort—is a solitary practice, an attempt to take an internal impression and document it. Regardless of the subject—ourselves, our families, strangers, nature—the process of creating turns our focus relentlessly inward: to pinpoint, as precisely as possible, the dimensions of this impression, the color and the shape, so that we can faithfully reproduce it and our creations ring true. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed that all this time I’ve spent...
...least to some extent, the fear of sexual assault has always been a reality for every female. The 1988 National Report on Crime and Justice states that three out of four American women will be victims of violent crimes sometime during their lives. In 1995 Lonnie Bristow, M.D., former president of the American Medical Association, described sexual assault as “a ‘silent-violent epidemic’ growing at an alarming rate and traumatizing the women and children of our nation.” Statistics show that sexual assault occurs every 45 seconds in America...
Hearing the words “heart attack” does not quite capture the experience of actual cardiac arrest, and to a greater extent, “dancepunk” fails to capture the brute power that is Echoes. Last year’s single “House of Jealous Lovers” set up the disco ball, but viral rump-quakers like “Killing” and “I Need Your Love” knock it out of the club...
...instructor Richard N. Bail said that while he teaches for a variety of reasons, he recognizes the extent of the problem for his colleagues...