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...profiling and sporadic immigration raids, among other pressures. While some have family members here, most find themselves alone and homeless, unable to work legally and prone to exploitation, constantly in fear of being trapped by immigration officials or groups such as the infamous Minutemen. Even those who seek to obtain their permanent residency in the United States inevitably face a burdensome amount of resistance from the Department of Homeland Security, facing a procedure that spans an average of 14 years. Because they were not born in the U.S., undocumented immigrants are denied the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens. Immigrants...
...much surveillance technology that’s going on right now that you’re dealing with some serious privacy and civil liberty issues.” The Berkman Center plans to test Higgins at the College later this month, giving students the opportunity to obtain their own identity cards to try out the system, according to Clippinger. He said he expects some of the most useful feedback to come from students. The program’s partners include IBM, Novell, and Microsoft, according to Clippinger. The Higgins project is open source, meaning that anyone will be able...
...your fellow students to fund a private party. If you and your suitemates would like to throw a party inviting only your 100 closest friends, you have the right to do so—on your own dime. As it stands, there is no shortage of demand to obtain grants from the the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) “party fund.” Troublingly, anecdotal reports of widespread abuse indicate that this might not be the best measure of their success. Hosts failing to publicize their parties, restricting their guest lists, and misrepresenting themselves to obtain...
...time of the election, there will have been another big development in the city's life. FEMA is expected to issue its advisory floodplain maps in March. Those will identify the most flood-prone parts of town, where homeowners must obtain flood insurance. Until the maps come out, it's hard for people to calculate the cost of returning. Construction worker Mike Reed was gutting a wood-frame house last week in Lakeview, a prosperous neighborhood on the lip of Lake Pontchartrain that was devastated when the 17th Street levee broke. "Most people have had their places gutted," he says...
...claim that the presence of condoms in freshman dorms will actively reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases is a weak one. Students who are responsible enough to have safe sex have enough foresight to obtain condoms from UHS or another source before things get too hot and heavy. In a society where sex is already king, there is no need for the UC to further encourage the culture...