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...looking to show that women are inherently inferior to men in math and science during his last Friday at the National Bureau of Economic Research. But while Summers’ remarks may have been taken out of context, the comments and controversies surrounding his statements are not without merit. On the contrary, I believe that this subsequent discussion has raised some important points about the role of women in math and science, which, from my perspective as a woman studying mathematics, deserve further emphasis...
...used. The strongest argument against using the termbill is that it would force students into supporting something with which they did not agree. However, because of the overwhelming majority that supported the referendum and the fact that it will be optional, anti-democratic concerns seem to be of little merit...
Instead, Falluja, an ancient trading post straddling the winding Euphrates and the blighted Syrian Desert, might no longer merit placement on a political map. Once a city of 250,000, Falluja today exists as a black stain from the air—or, perhaps to some, a mere drop of oil. Flattened and charred, its thousands of buildings and homes wasted from the sky and from the ground, its districts and quarters heaped together like the piles of dead bodies that welcome visitors to its borders, proudly attest to America’s vision for Iraq...
...fairness, Gonzales' argument-that stateless, remorseless al-Qaeda terrorists should be detained in a manner different from and stricter than the standard Geneva Convention procedures-has merit. The use of aggressive, nonviolent interrogation techniques, perhaps even drugs like sodium pentothal, may not be inappropriate to elicit information from those intent on the mass murder of civilians. But physical assault is something else entirely. The world now knows that the Bush White House at least tacitly approved the loosening of standards that led to the outrages of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo-and that no one of significance has been sacked...
...only was she remembered, but that she got a small glimpse into what’s going on in the life of someone that was once important to her. Dartboard isn’t saying that she’ll witness the rebirth of a former friendship, but the merit is still there. And she’s staying on thefacebook for good...