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Star Wars raised our boys, taught them how to read and do math, and put them on the fast track to an interest in computer science. Both are now young men and college graduates. I'm sure they will save this issue of TIME along with all their other Star Wars items. For Christmas, even after they grew up, we always gave our sons the latest Star Wars gadgets. But what will we do after this year, when there won't be any more new episodes in the series...
...being worried about their future is hard on cadets, it's nothing compared with what their parents are going through. For the class of '05, the coming of war changed the math. Parents who were proud of their kids for taking on the challenge of West Point faced a test of their own when it became clear that in this war and in wars to come, there was no safe specialty, no escape from the dangers of combat. "Ten years ago, parents were pushing their cadets to come here," Lieut. General Lennox observes. "Now it's the other way around...
Last Wednesday’s letter warned that, if steps are not taken to increase the number of women in math and science fields, “our nation runs the risk not only of losing its technological prowess, but its national security as well...
Muller said that both senators seemed interested in taking action in response to the letter. According to Muller, Allen discussed the need for more females to graduate with math and science degrees. Muller said Wyden referred to a discussion with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about the possibility of creating a national task force to address the issue this summer...
...like to see more funding, scholarships, and encouragement available for women in math and science, but I don’t know if that will happen,” he said...