Word: oiled
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Several years ago, the Undergraduate Council passed a resolution calling for divestment from the oil companies with operations in Nigeria due to the human rights violations being committed in this country. Renewing the call for divestment from Shell Oil and other oil corporations operating in Nigeria sends the message to these companies to begin involving local citizens in the Niger Delta Region in the decision making processes of oil extraction, and to uphold financial, social, and environmental responsibility to these same communities. FRANK J. GORKE April...
Divest from Oil Holdings...
Several years ago, the Undergraduate Council passed a resolution calling for divestment from the oil companies with operations in Nigeria due to the human rights violations being committed in this country. Renewing the call for divestment from Shell Oil and other oil corporations operating in Nigeria sends the message to these companies to begin involving local citizens in the Niger Delta Region in the decision making processes of oil extraction, and to uphold financial, social, and environmental responsibility to these same communities...
Well, Hitler appeared to be good for some Germans too. But the dimmest bulb in Hollywood could hardly misunderstand what the Taliban is about. Disagreement comes only from oil-hungry corporations and relief groups fearful they'll be kicked out for criticizing the regime. There are 130 human-rights and women's groups aligned against recognizing the Taliban. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright declared that "if the Taliban...wants international acceptance, they must treat women not as chattel but as people." There's no religious justification for the behavior: the 55-country Organization of the Islamic Conference refused to admit...
...difficult to imagine the chaos if students were allowed an endless array of such opt-out privileges. Culturally offended by Chinese language instruction? Philosophically opposed to scientific research on animals? Concerned about Harvard's financial investments in oil companies? Demand a refund of whatever insignificant portion of your fees support these endeavors! At modern universities like Harvard with their hands in every educational pot--what former U.C. Berkeley Chancellor Clark Kerr referred to as the "multiversity"--opt-out schemes become terribly infeasible...