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...independent student organization. “Typically people that want to do programming generally don’t run for the UC,” Riley says. Because of the current election process, members of the CLC tend to be more concerned with campus legislation than social life.To fix this, Riley sponsored a bill that passed earlier this month to create an independent social programming board. Beginning next semester, the College will endow the board with a $200,000 financial allocation, a four-fold increase over the UC’s typical events budget. According to an article...
...Karl Rove gets a lesson in politics. But the President's ace strategist was brought up sharply at a recent White House meeting with a group of Republican congressional-staff chiefs when he suggested that the best approach to soaring gasoline prices was this: wait. There's no immediate fix available, so let the market work its magic, Rove said. The stratospheric pricing will reduce demand soon enough, and $3-per-gal. gas will be a memory by summer. It's basic economics...
Many parents think it is the job of educators to fix the problem. Do they really think teachers wave their knowledge wands and--poof!--the student is the next Stephen Hawking? Students who want to drop out should get parental permission first and then attend a dropout seminar. They should be allowed a grace period to find a job, to work and experience the consequences. Many students feel embarrassed about leaving and don't want to come back to school shamed or disgraced. To curb the embarrassment of returning to school, dropouts should be required to make another decision...
...hotel rooms and, alas, beaches. At least they're tethered to home and office with ever more stylish and functional digital designs. Aiming at the growing army of wired road warriors, even upscale travel-gear makers like Tumi are crafting trendy tech gear. For those who want a Web fix everywhere they go, here are some of the season's most useful travel tools...
...most reasonable long-term solution. Until permanent funding is secured, the University’s central administration ought to mitigate the effects of this year’s shortfall in funding. We welcome Summers’ promise to prefrosh that “We will succeed in fixing that for this year.” In the coming years, the College and University should solicit donations designated specifically to fund students’ study and research abroad. Because there has been much public discussion of the value of international experiences, there are likely many donors willing to support students?...