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...Suggesting the underlying competition with the USSR, an anonymous Hungarian student was oft-quoted in articles at the time, claiming that the Soviet education system was not better than America’s. He cited a “lack of freedom,” the necessity of keeping to “the party line,” and “the selection of university students according to social class” as flaws...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cold War Conflict Prompted Education Arms Race | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...Before the formation of the UC, undergraduate governance was limited to the Student Assembly, founded in 1978 amid a wave of student activism. The body quickly became frustrated by its lack of power, largely because it was not recognized by the College...

Author: By Sue Lin and Arianna Markel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In First Year, UC Worked To Get Itself Heard | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...Earlier that year, administrators had threatened to eliminate storage, citing a lack of space due to House renovations. The UC drafted an alternative storage report, disputing the College’s claim that limiting summer storage space was the only solution. At the time, Fox described the UC-led effort as the most impressive piece of student research in more than 15 years...

Author: By Sue Lin and Arianna Markel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In First Year, UC Worked To Get Itself Heard | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...story soon reached the national press, but attention was focused on the letter and not the lack of diversity on the law faculty. Editorial writers at The Washington Post and The New York Times condemned the BLSA’s letter as “banal ethnocentrism” and a “disservice” to the civil rights cause...

Author: By Abby D. Phillip, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Race Sparked HLS Tension | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...shelter tents seem like overkill in response to the day's minor toll, they also reflect the fragility and communal sense of responsibility fostered by Iceland's isolation. Since the U.S. military pulled out in 2006, Icelanders take the manifestations of their isolation - whether it's a lack of fresh produce or facing the forces of nature without any immediate help - with a Nordic stiff upper lip. As evening approaches in Hveragerdi, a small town built on a geothermal field so active that geysers have been known to spontaneously sprout in people's backyards, two boys bounce a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loneliest Quake on the Planet | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

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