Word: optional
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Though we commend the president’s effort to encourage new forms of harnessing energy, the nuclear option is not perfect. Most importantly, the problem of nuclear waste merits attention—currently, only 10 percent of the energy contained in nuclear fuel is extracted while the remaining 90 percent is left to decay as a by-product. Even though a federal law passed in 1998 requires the government to create storage spaces for such waste and to move it off-site, most nuclear power plants in the U.S. still store this waste on-site in steel-reinforced cement...
Tufts at first seemed like a perfect fantasy option, ripe with potential and waiting to spring to life. We had a friend who knew about a party—a big one, with frat-ish people doing keg stands all over the place, and thousands of girls just waiting to slay themselves at our feet the moment they first got a peek at our Harvard gear. After all, isn’t this exactly what happened in high school? But we would brush away the siren fingers that playfully traced...
...logistics of the proposal are also cause for concern. Although the plan is in its preliminary stages and the details are currently hazy at best, one would assume that, similar to the advanced standing option at some colleges, high schoolers would have to decide fairly early whether they will opt for an abridged secondary education. The prospect of a 14 or 15-year-old, with the counsel of his or her parents, making such long term plans so soon out of middle school is troublesome and calls into question the rationale behind the program. A student unacquainted with the academic...
Should this measure pass, the state would do well to provide students who exercise the option to graduate early with productive outlets for their time. Facilitating student internships or job experience in place of 12th grade might serve to offset the negative effects of the program. Additionally, schools in Utah must ensure that these students graduate with the same educational qualifications as their peers; their three years of high school should contain as much subject matter as possible...
...comedic turn of phrase may have distracted from a serious point: under current laws, assisted suicide is really only an option for the better-off, who can afford to pay the travel costs and Dignitas fees. Helping someone die remains illegal in England and Wales. Kay Gilderdale was prosecuted for assisting in the 2008 suicide of her daughter, who suffered from chronic fatigue and had previously tried to kill herself. Gilderdale was given a conditional discharge last month, in a verdict that reflected unease over whether the current law provides justice...