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...reckons the country can not only pioneer methods to mitigate rising waters, but also provide a vital gauge of how nature itself can adapt to the ravages of global warming. Far more populous low-lying countries, from Bangladesh to the Netherlands, will watch with interest. "Very small places can offer very big answers," says Ahmed Moosa, the editor of the online Dhivehi Observer, who has also been appointed the nation's climate envoy...
...audiences, like the families, are teeming: Jon & Kate scored 4.6 million viewers for its season finale. Why? These shows offer drama, cute kids and sweet, sweet judgment. They take parenting, the oldest human activity--O.K., the second oldest--and turn it into something exotic, thrilling, even countercultural...
...shuttle, and the next does not come until 3:15 a.m. From previous experience, she knows that the evening van service will tell her to wait for the next shuttle. When weighing her options, she cannot just walk home, but among her choices is an offer from a male who says she can wait for the shuttle in his room. The offer is probably innocent, and the woman probably gets on the next shuttle as planned. However, we have been made aware of many situations in which the events that follow are far from harmless. This woman is forced...
...process of recognizing the best ideas. Its website asks the MIT community to post suggestions to the “Idea Bank” and allows others to view these responses and rate the ones they find “particularly innovative and practicable.” Harvard should offer a similar forum to encourage the most creative, realistic, and responsible solutions possible...
...many student considerations were not fully thought through by administrators. Moreover, students were understandably taken aback by these cuts. Before cutting hot breakfast, athletes who rely on these meals should have been consulted. Before cutting shuttle service or the Quad Library, Quad students should have had a period to offer feedback. When finalized decisions are made without any prior effort of communication, this leave students feeling alienated and the administration seeming disconnected and disengaged with student life. To avoid situations like this from happening again in the future, especially given the promise of further cuts on the horizon, it seems...