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...colleges and universities account for all, or even most, of the digital piracy of music. It is a problem that occurs at every level of society and in every contingent of the listening community. Berman’s rhetoric represents the unjust application of the law to a small fraction of the population, and a shot at a target of some great convenience. To its credit, Harvard has maintained an admirable policy with regards to music-sharing networks. Although it complies with RIAA legal requests, Harvard does not actively police its network. To invade even the digital affairs of students...
...track record with events whose success depends on active student participation has not been the best. For a number of years, the vast majority of students have managed to get to the airport without a problem. Those who are unable to take the T (at a fraction of the cost of sharing a cab) due to the timing of their flight, or who are simply uninterested, have simply turned to friends or e-mail lists and sought fellow taxi-takers there. While fancy new Web sites and advanced mapping algorithms are lovely, they are, in the case of UC Rides...
...changes in tactics that have made the war in Iraq distinct from prior U.S. engagements, perhaps no shift is as profound as the massive hiring--and varied deployment--of private contractors in combat zones. There are an estimated 100,000 contractors in Iraq, compared with a fraction of that the last time the U.S. was fighting there, and they are not working in just mess halls. They are bodyguards for vips, snipers in the field, translators and interrogators. They man checkpoints at Army bases and run supply convoys through the streets of Iraq. As with much of the occupation...
...more in evidence at the checkpoints in Baghdad's Green Zone, although there is a hierarchy as to who guards what. The outer gates of compounds are typically guarded by third-country nationals, experienced soldiers of fortune from such countries as Nepal, Chile and Fiji who are paid a fraction of what a British or American former soldier or policeman would get. The highest-paid independent contractors are known as tier-1 personnel. These are the former U.S. special-forces soldiers. On Helvenston's tour in Iraq, he was making about...
...bluntly criticized the effects of tenure, noting that at Harvard “a pretty high fraction of the teachers are the same teachers who were there a generation ago” and cautioning against “the combination of tenure and a lack of mandatory retirement...