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...each House take on an increasingly important job: to provide new activities for its members and to help organize existing College-wide activities on a House level. The College, of course, has numerous clubs and organizations, but many of them take so much talent and time that many students fail to join them. A fair-to-good violinist, for example, who does not meet standards of the Bach Society or Pierian Sodality, now finds few places to fiddle in an organized chamber music group. In short, there are many areas besides the successful intramural athletic program where Houses can make...
...serious privacy concerns by the wayside, will divert federal funds from programs that would produce tangible benefits—not more bureaucracy. Should Bush’s vision prevail, he has left us with little confidence in what will happen to American education should institutions, with their budgets reduced, fail to meet the thresholds they are being held “accountable” to. Whatever money might be spent on these tenuously constructed proposals would better serve bolstering notoriously underfunded secondary schools, where standardized testing can be used more effectively, and making higher education more affordable. While these traditional...
...said that Somalia's Islamic movement saw its influence growing in stages. The first phase was to clear Mogadishu of "gangsters and warlords"; then the Islamic groups would open the airport and ports. "After that we take the next step," he said. "We don't want to fail so we are going slowly, slowly...
...gender issues in the Middle East. Other fellows will focus on American immigration issues, such as Gina Acosta from The Washington Post, who will study the fiscal results of U.S. immigration policy, and Claudio Sanchez, national education correspondent for National Public Radio, who will investigate why educational policies fail to equip both legal and illegal Mexican immigrant children with the skills needed for success. Two fellows from Africa will research the intersection of economics and democracy. Tangeni Amupadhi from Namibia will study how to improve economics and business reporting to better inform voters, and Alagi Yorro Jallow from Gambia will...
This week, as you listen to the Commencement speeches, enjoy their honey but beware their sting. Carry your dreams with you as you go out into the world, and let them be your guiding lights. Take risks, fail at least once, and get used to the feeling, because you might fail again. Be ambitious but patient, and above all, don’t give up. Life issues no invitations. So go ahead, crash the party...