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...growth of and focus on study-abroad efforts, especially when compared with their counterparts at comparable American colleges. Despite the increasing ease with which Harvard students can get credit for mornings on Australian beaches, afternoons at the Louvre, or late nights in Rio, a surprising majority of students still opt out in favor of a full four years in Cambridge, Mass...
...wastes no time trying to appease his counterparts across the political aisle. Last month, Mr. Hughes, a Republican and a Utah state representative, followed the lead of several other state legislators and proposed creating a little box on next year’s state tax return where residents could opt to pay extra taxes. The proposal, entitled the “Tax Me More Fund,” is no doubt inflammatory in intent. But if you’re a goodhearted, affluent liberal, how should you respond...
...concrete goals,” each of which is aimed at either increasing or reducing a statistic by 50 percent, such as raising reading and math scores by half, or decreasing dependence on foreign oil. To accomplish such goals, Schumer suggested creating an “opt-in” program for public schools and an apolitical committee of experts to devise a long-term strategy for alternative energy. Schumer invents the fictional characters of Joe and Eileen Bailey to represent a typical middle-class family. “They’re real...
Students who drink already reap the majority of the UC’s social generosity; however, the $75 opt-out student activities fee is charged to the termbills of drinkers and non-drinkers alike. According to the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Services, 50 percent of incoming freshmen identified as abstainers. Funneling the majority of party funds to venues where the primary focus is alcohol cuts off social options for students who choose not to drink. By funding more freshman parties, the UC is wisely extending a hand to a traditionally ignored demographic...
...Arabia, would be moving into a process of excluding Hamas. They did not expect that Abu Mazen would compromise with Hamas. They didn't want him to compromise with Hamas, and they didn't think it was necessary." The U.S. team, Indyk argues, failed to anticipate that Abbas would opt for "conciliation and cooperation rather than confrontation" with Hamas...