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Paper, like the Hubble Space Telescope and the Northern Spotted Owl, will soon become history. Harvard is following suit. In a dramatic overhaul of the existing system, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) has shifted away from traditional paper-and-pencil evaluations to entirely online forms, to be joined in 2006 by an exclusively online CUE Guide. But while the online system instituted this semester holds many potential advantages, it could also exacerbate problems with participation and statistical accuracy. Such issues should be addressed now before they have far-ranging effects...
...timing of Schwarzenegger's troubles could not be worse. He is trying to sell an ambitious program for political and economic reform directly to voters, and has already been forced to postpone an amendment--one of four he was hoping to push through this year--that would overhaul the state's pension system. With his agenda and pugnacious style provoking the ire of the state's powerful unions, one observer, former Governor and current Oakland mayor Jerry Brown, suggests that Schwarzenegger may want to "evaluate his range of adversaries and look for ways in which accommodations can be made...
...precedent in European tax law, one that directly challenges national tax policies in many E.U. member states. Thanks to a preliminary decision issued last week by the European Court of Justice (E.C.J.), many E.U. governments could face billions of dollars in back-tax claims, and will probably have to overhaul significant parts of their corporate tax codes. How did a struggling groceries-and-underwear retailer cause such upheaval? Marks & Spencer wanted to use the losses incurred in its disastrous European foray to offset profits from operations in Britain. Firms in most E.U. nations commonly make use of losses in this...
...White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives need not, and do not, consider the minority Democrats. For now, all potent opposition will come from disgruntled Republicans. Though the President's approval ratings have ebbed lately, the dip has more to do with political missteps (a Social Security overhaul, the Terri Schiavo adventure) than with any radio chorus of nattering nabobs of negativity...
...College will only have time to implement minor changes, if any, to the Calendar of Opening Days for the incoming crop of freshmen. If the committee recommends a major overhaul, the Class of 2010 will likely be the first to see the results...