Word: progressives
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...opportunities for socializing among neighbors. Communal spaces also have large potential for improvement. The renovation project should attempt to create more large spaces conducive to social gatherings in the mold of the Currier Treehouse, thereby addressing the unfortunate lack of social space outside of Mt. Auburn St. mansions. Such progress should not only take place above ground, but also in House basements, which can be revamped so that each has a fully equipped kitchen, gym, social space, and distinctive, House-specific features such as dance studios, dark rooms, or rock-climbing walls. In addition, the University must remain cognizant...
...Congress and the White House point to the bill they did pass after Virginia Tech as evidence of progress. But that law, which would create financial incentives for states to improve their reporting to the federal database, is not very impressive. It just authorizes new incentives; it doesn't appropriate the money for them. In Congress, nothing is real until the cash is actually appropriated (which in this case could happen this summer or fall or... never...
...power switch, making it not necessarily illegal in some municipalities. "We talk about graffiti a lot," Roth says, "People view graffiti differently, some think of graffiti as an end design, but others think of it as an action, and by graffiti going online, you can see the action in progress...
...reform with further reintegration programs. Incentives or government funding, for instance, could be provided to employers who take on the risk of employing reformed prisoners immediately following their release from prison. There is also the option of support centers for released prisoners, an option Massachusetts has already made great progress in with its maintenance of 20 Offices of Community Corrections throughout the state, all of which provide education, counseling, and rehabilitation for prisoners after their release. Regardless of the outcome of Patrick’s bill, change is already in the air for prisoners in the state of Massachusetts...
...West to rediscover its own religious roots. This twin clarion call - to Christians who have lost their religious passion and Muslims who may have too much - was supposed to create a "more frank" dialogue among the world's two leading faiths. After the uproar quieted, there has indeed been progress. Top Muslim scholars have written two open letters to the Pope, which has led to the first in a series of high-level Catholic-Muslim meetings scheduled for November 2008 at the Vatican...