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...fellowship, said that students were outraged when the e-mail went out. “I think everyone acknowledges that this is a very serious offense,” Jung said. “It is an embarrassment; it is not indicative of the student body’s opinion towards our new president in any way.” Kim expressed understanding in an e-mail addressing the incident sent out yesterday morning to all students at Dartmouth. “I want to ensure that the student who wrote the e-mail understands the enriching role that people...
...United States currently faces an approximately 20 percent probability of entering into an economic depression, according to a Wednesday Wall Street Journal opinion piece penned by Harvard Economics professor Robert J. Barro. Drawing upon the financial statistics of 251 previous stock-market crashes and 97 depressions, Barro wrote that “the odds are roughly one-in-five that the current recession will snowball into the macroeconomic decline of 10% or more that is the hallmark of a depression.” Barro also wrote that he was skeptical about the effectiveness of the current federal stimulus package...
Phoenix, Keith • failure of to comprehend impact of commission of hate-crime by - "So I killed someone - that makes me a bad guy?" - on public opinion...
...Prominent scholars from around the world recently came together to criticize the way in which Thailand's lèse-majesté laws have been used to charge or jail several people, including an academic and a foreigner. What is your opinion of what has happened? The laws have been there for many years. It was not that serious until now. They use the words 'loyal' or 'not loyal' to the monarchy as a tool to fight for power. That is bad for the monarchy and it's bad for Thailand. We should not allow this to happen...
...case has caused a furor. Abortion is illegal in Brazil except in cases of rape or when the mother's life is in danger, both of which apply in this case. (The girl's immature hips would have made labor dangerous; the Catholic opinion was that she could have had a cesarean section.) When the incident came to light in local newspapers, the Church first asked a judge to halt the process and then condemned those involved, including the 9-year-old's distraught mother. Even Catholic Brazilians were shocked at the harshness of the archbishop's actions. "In this...