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...Black History Awareness Month progresses, our country ought to reflect with pride on the advances that have been made in creating opportunities for African-Americans. Today, less than 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s resounding call to action, our nation has responded with unprecedented efforts to narrow the racial divide in educational opportunities, revitalize inner-city neighborhoods, and encourage minorities to participate in government. Indeed, it is expected that on Feb. 10, Senator Barack H. Obama will formally announce his candidacy for the White House, possibly paving the way for the first African-American...
...this regard, legislators ought to harness the momentum of Black History Month to find funding for vocational education programs, ensure inner-city schools have adequate facilities, and provide recovery grants for those still reeling from Katrina. Our nation’s corporate leaders should do their part by providing incentives for employees to improve their education levels by offering vocational programs, and should seek to create a meaningful diverse work environment. The highest educational institutions in this country should harness the power of their faculty and students to find innovative solutions to one of our most vexing and pervasive problems...
...privilege of being surrounded by people with developmental disabilities. I strongly oppose the idea of adapting a child to the environment by using radical (what I would call Peter Pan) measures. I think that Ashley's parents are emotionally unprepared and haven't realized that it is they who ought to "reshape" and adjust to the needs of their child since they have the physical and mental ability to do so. Rosica Koleva Skopje, Macedonia
...obvious: professors should publish the ISBN numbers of course-required texts in syllabi and course-wide emails in order to facilitate easy ordering by students. This is not an unreasonable request, given that professors submit their reading lists to the Coop several weeks before the semester begins. Additionally, professors ought to design the first week or so of their courses in such a way that students who do choose to order books online—thus, having to wait longer for books—will not fall behind. Professors could achieve this by photocopying pertinent readings or assignments for students...
...fact that qualms about the case against Iraq in Iran were reportedly expressed by Secretary Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley and Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggests there may be some division in the Administration over just how far to press the offensive against Iran. (As well there ought to be, since U.S. credibility may not yet have recovered from the debacle of the prewar "evidence" on which it acted against Iraq...