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...excuses to exploit well-intentioned schools to the full extent of the law. Yet, the problem cannot be blamed on unreasonable parents alone. The Adrian and Warren cases should have taught school administrators to be more alert in general, and take additional precautions with special-needs children in particular. Instead, many have chosen an easier path—eliminate all potential for liability—that is also a gross overreaction. Eliminating recess will not fix the real problems such as bullying, but instead deprives children of the opportunity to exercise their imagination, compete, and risk that makes unstructured play...
...might argue that the goal of divestment campaigns is not to hurt the targeted companies but to raise awareness, send a message, or ensure that our money in particular is not directly involved with companies that support genocide. But if that is true, then advocates are being disingenuous when they claim their campaigns can effect real change. HDAG claims that “institutions can influence the Government of Sudan” by divesting in companies such as PetroChina. Such a claim implies that divestment puts financial pressure on these companies, or can cause change itself. This idea...
...Humanity United certainly gave us adequate funding for this particular project,” Andreasen said. “But of course I’m passionate about the idea of human rights, so there’s never enough funding for human rights...
...peculiar whirlpool-shaped designs shed blurs of light on the automobiles and pedestrians passing below. These odd illuminations alert visitors and residents alike of some impending festive occasion, but remain ambiguous as to what that occasion might be. Lights during December traditionally signal Christmas, even when arranged in no particular pattern, but the Cambridge decorations seem to imply some other holiday by their strangeness: something new, something different, something starkly conscious of a Christian heritage they carefully avoid recalling...
...Apollo,” the second piece of “Modern Muses,” three muses dance for a god, competing to accompany him in a pas de deux. One in particular, Terpsichore, is especially skillful, leading Apollo to choose her over the others. “Modern Muses” itself offered several disparate selections for its audience to choose among, but as in “Apollo,” a few stood out from the rest...