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...first, Saenz’s parents were worried that she would discard college in favor of married life. However, Saenz says she intends to graduate, and she dismisses criticism that she is too young to tie the knot. “I don’t think there is a right time or right place or a right point in your life,” she says. “I think there is a right person, and I found...
...future of shopping period also remains unclear, as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby said there were no definitive plans to change the current system. He did, however, thank the more than 1,200 students who signed a petition in favor of preserving shopping period...
Faculty members, though supportive of student efforts, for the most part remained in favor of a preregistration system...
Burgard predicted the petition might sway those members of the Faculty who are “on the fence” regarding the issue, though it would probably not change the minds of those who are in favor of preregistration...
...What makes it so difficult to cut off outmoded state ventures in favor of private firms is the government's dread of a grassroots social uprising. The number of jobs created in China barely keeps up with the armies of workers laid off by failing enterprises?and angry, laid-off workers are the biggest threat to the country's stability. Sichuan has seen its fair share of trouble: last June, traffic in Chengdu came to a halt on two occasions when workers held a protest about unpaid salaries; in September, 800 oil refinery workers in Chongqing demonstrated over paltry severance...