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...effect change, while talks and large-scale events have greater potential to both “spark” citizens to participate and pressure politicians to act.In the spring, McKibben spearheaded 1,400 simultaneous demonstrations across the country advocating that the new White House commit to an 80 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050—a promise that President-Elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Tuesday that he will uphold.McKibben’s newest initiative stems from research by NASA’s top climate scientist, James E. Hansen, that carbon dioxide levels should be limited...
...involved by traveling to developing nations during the summer to distribute the laptops. David M. Sengeh ’10 is already organizing a trip to his native country of Sierra Leone to hand out the computers to children there. “Illiteracy in Sierra Leone is 70 percent,” said Sengeh. “If we want to keep in line with Nicholas’s 20-year education plan, we need to start reducing the 70 percent.” His plan may be ambitious, Negroponte said, but he remains optimistic...
...current drunk-driving laws are unconscionably lax: A first conviction is considered a civil rather than criminal penalty. Wisconsin is the only state in which this is so. A felony charge is not issued until the fifth conviction of drunk driving. The results are evident: In 2007, 41.4 percent of motor-vehicle fatalities in the state were related to alcohol, the third-highest of any state in the country and significantly higher than the national rate of 31.7 percent. Drunk-driving penalties in Wisconsin and elsewhere should be significantly more severe, and AWARE is right to draw attention...
...nine games this season, Pizzotti has completed 63 percent of his passes for 2,381 yards and thrown 17 touchdowns against just four interceptions. He leads the Ivy League and is 11th in the nation with a 149.51 passer efficiency rating...
...Unemployment is upwards of 80%, and inflation is pushing 231 million percent. Cholera outbreaks have been reported in cities, and the failure to plant crops will leave 5.1 million Zimbabweans needing food aid by January. The World Food Programme (WFP) was recently forced to shrink the food ration made available to each needy person because of its lack of funding from international donors and its need to stretch its existing resources to expand the reach of its feeding program from 2 million to 4 million people. (The WFP has warned that it will run out of money by January unless...