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...Problems with Co-Ed housing—otherwise known as “Gender Neutral” housing—included the logistical problem of what to do when students in co-ed living situations leave for a semester to study abroad, leaving an empty bed in a gender neutral living situation. A visiting student needing that bed may not want to be in such a setting. This problem is less of an issue in the Quad, where all houses have singles or suites and different sexes can be separated by closed doors. At River houses, however, a student often...
...energy infrastructure projects over the next five years - notably in wind-turbine hardware. "We have identified renewable energy as an absolute growth market," says Thomas Pütter, chief executive of Allianz Capital Partners. Swiss Re, one of the first companies to pledge to make its own business carbon neutral (by cutting energy use and offsetting carbon emissions by purchasing credits or even planting trees) says that it is comparing its underwriting and investment portfolios, hoping to maximize profits from both sectors and minimize the company's overall risk. Is there enough momentum to sustain this change in approach? Perhaps...
...Ford himself has said he'll stay neutral regarding Cohen and his brother Jake. But the rest of the family is splitting over the race. Joe Ford Jr., an entertainment lawyer who finished third in the congressional primary - and is first cousin to both Jake Ford and Harold Ford Jr. - has endorsed Cohen. But Harold Sr., a former congressman, has gone all-out for son Jake, especially since longtime rival Herenton put down young Ford as unqualified (he dropped out of high school) and accused the Fords of seeking "a monopoly on all elected positions in this state and this...
...Some of the changes in the Middle East are happening gradually, but they are real. Algeria has held its first competitive presidential election, and the military remained neutral. The United Arab Emirates recently announced that half of the seats in its Federal National Council will be chosen by elections. Kuwait held elections in which women were allowed to vote and run for office for the first time. Citizens have voted in municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, in parliamentary elections in Jordan and Bahrain, and in multiparty presidential elections in Yemen and Egypt. These are important steps, and the governments should...
...Laden and terrorism seriously. It includes such devastating truths as "[The attack] was carried out by a tiny group of people with trivial resources operating from one of the poorest, least industrial of all nations... In some ways they were more globalized than we were." Those looking for a neutral primer on the background of the events of 9/11 will probably not do any better than this handy book...