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Much of the impetus for change has come from student input within the departments. Students say course heads for Chem 10 reduced the class workload following predominantly negative mid-year evaluations, and Chem 5 and 7 offer tri-weekly "help rooms" to work through difficult concepts and problem set questions...
...Chair of AEO Rebecca Rosen '99 said the impetus behind the dispensers was "to promote safe sex and give out information. This is really more of an awareness campaign than an opportunity for free condoms." However, she added with a note of trepidation, "it has been hard to keep up with demand." Those few kids who've managed to find the box must be enjoying themselves...
They added that the destruction of property was not the impetus for the policy review...
Unfortunately, as long as Armageddon grosses over $200 million compared to the $3 million pulled in so far by Life is Beautiful, Hollywood will not have the impetus to change its ways. However, pushing for partial reform is not a pipe dream. Viewer revolt against megablockbusters has already begun in small measure. Predicted cash cows such as Deep Impact and Godzilla brought in less than expected at the box office. If the failure of these films starts a trend, then studios may begin to re-emphasize plot lines more over explosions. Though Hollywood may never become a mecca for high...
What was lacking for so long was enforcement, but the international community has been building a set of rules and procedures that are proving surprisingly effective. The impetus for recent reforms is the awful carnage committed in Rwanda and Bosnia. The U.N. Security Council responded by setting up special-purpose war-crimes tribunals in the Hague and Arusha, Tanzania. Last July, 160 countries sent delegates to Rome to prepare a statute for a permanent international criminal court, and 120 voted for it. The U.S. refused to go along, but nonetheless the new tribunal will come into existence when 60 countries...