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...being caught committing a harmless “hack” can result in a lengthy prison sentence, few students will dare partake in such pranks in the future. This tradition deserves better than to be quashed by overzealous prosecutors and an unsympathetic judge. Even worse, by providing impetus for police at other colleges to crack down on traditions they have grown weary of, a conviction could have repercussions that extend beyond...
...Less than a year later, that "precious opportunity" may be at risk, because whatever impetus the Fallon visit gave toward banishing "ignorance and suspicion" is plainly dissipating. Two months ago, China for the first time tested successfully an anti-satellite missile, but then was mum about it publicly for almost two weeks, despite being pressed for information by not only Washington but Moscow, Tokyo and several other foreign governments. The relatively long delay in any official comment from Beijing even fueled speculation as to whether China's civilian leadership was aware of the test before it happened...
...level course is like. I think it’s absolutely wonderful,” said Williams, who helped establish the program. It is also hoped that the new opportunity will help combat ‘senior spring’ slacking. “It gives a little extra impetus to students who for the most part completed their high school degree requirements halfway through their senior year,” Fowler-Finn said. And CRLS students won’t be the only ones benefitting from the new opportunity. “We have some really smart kids...
There isn't yet an official fair-trade certification for apparel in the U.S., but Bass is consulting with TransFair USA, an independent third-party certifier of fair-trade goods, in hopes that Fair Indigo will be the impetus for a certification process. "The fair-trade movement is still in its infancy, but people in general are more socially conscious, and I think that's going to start filtering down into the apparel industry," says Bass. "Our goal is to start a movement that changes how the apparel industry works. The measure of its success will be how quickly other...
...black Americans owned 20 million acres of farm land. Today, black Americans in the south own one million acres of land. That corresponds to a 95 percent loss of land in three generations. While arguments can be made that these residents simply "got up and left," the impetus for this move is obviously connected to local racism for some, and for others, to a lack of financial support at the local and state level by governments which favored white landowners, especially farmers...