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...decade. Federal regulations are an effective way of eliminating such scandal in the future, if they are tough and appropriately directed. To prevent further sordid deals between student lenders and universities, we hope that regulators will enact stricter laws and that universities will reform their lending procedures to foster impartiality. Addressing the problem from the perspective of both a lender and a university in this way will create a safer lending environment for college students nationwide...
...result, all four of Vietnam's Top 25 endangered primates have been "adopted" by foreign organizations. Groups like the Endangered Primate Rescue Center, founded largely on foreign initiative, help keep track of primate populations and train local scientists how to protect them. And while it may foster a habit of donor dependency, the collaboration between local preservation groups and NGOs pays off. One Vietnamese specialist whom Rawson trained has helped record the country's largest single group of grey-shanked douc langurs, a gorgeous monkey with an orange face and white beard that lives in the highlands of central Vietnam...
...blowers, outgoing Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio has said that leaf blowers shouldn’t be a public issue. “I think we need to be cautious as a community when we hear more and more of these quality-of-life issues that we as city leaders foster a community where people can talk to each other,” Galluccio said in May. “If I pick up my phone and call the police because my neighbor is leaf-blowing early on a Saturday morning, I think we become the sort of community that...
...ambitious rethinking of the place of arts practice at Harvard. Recent developments in the humanities and sciences, in digital technology, and in the arts themselves have called into question traditional distinctions between making and understanding. We have a historic opportunity to rethink our teaching and learning, to foster the talents of our very gifted students, to forge new interdisciplinary links across the University’s far-flung programs, and to invigorate the arts at Harvard for the 21st century...
...also prohibited in France. Officials at Zoe's Ark explain their intention was to get the children to safety in France by any means, then initiate extraordinary procedures once on French soil to obtain special refugee status for the children. Though the youngsters were to be placed in foster home for care, Zoe's Ark said that the goal of the program in no way involved adoption - for profit or otherwise...