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...widespread ignorance. The website of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) points out that “the fact that many, if not most, people have experienced mental health problems that mimic or even match some of the symptoms of a diagnosable mental disorder tends, ironically, to prompt many people to underestimate the painful, disabling nature of severe mental illness.” Indeed, people don’t say, “My back hurts! OMG I so have leukemia!” You either have leukemia or you don’t. Mental health, on the other...

Author: By Emily R. Kaplan | Title: Other People’s Disease | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

...bets are off as to what happens next. The powerful generals have come out against Gul's candidacy and the opposition party is seeking court action against Gul based on a constitutional technicality. The resulting uncertainty may prompt the AKP to take the country to early elections as a referendum on its choices. But for Turkey's middle class, at least on Sunday, there was elation. "We have shown the government that we matter." says Isilsu Cinar, a student, in between rounds of dancing. "And we are stronger than they think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secularists Take To Turkey's Streets | 4/30/2007 | See Source »

Exhaustion from four years of meetings and reports could prompt faculty to retreat into comfortably established classroom routines. Yet we must not presume that President-elect Drew G. Faust and her incoming deans can implement complex changes on their own. Genuine improvements in advising, course offerings, and pedagogy require ongoing faculty commitment. Each step of the way, faculty and administrators must articulate clear goals and plan wisely for how (and how not) to proceed. Here are some principles and caveats to keep in mind...

Author: By Theda Skocpol | Title: The Challenge of True Curricular Reform | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

...will consist of three themed segments: “Chinatowns,” “The Golden Ghetto,” and “East Meets West.” In addition, the show will feature a spring/summer fashion preview, a showcase of student designs answering the prompt “What does ‘identity’ mean to you?,” and several performance pieces, all incorporating video and music.“We want to show something beyond stereotypes, that there are lots of distinctive communities,” Lee says...

Author: By Alexandra A Mushegian, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Model Minority: ‘Identities’ Takes Runway | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...that a Wisconsin law forbidding incest among blood relations (but not including step-relations) did not conflict with Lawrence's ruling. But in upholding prison sentences for a brother-sister couple in that case, the court acknowledged that the language in Lawrence is all but certain to prompt more challenges to prosecutions for sex-related crimes on privacy grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Incest Be Legal? | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

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