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Although the panel did not hammer out specific policy details, New Jersey Congressman Rush Holt (who is also a plasma physicist) says Democrats are keen to push ahead on earlier proposals to improve teacher training in math, science and engineering, and to expand broadband Internet access nationwide...
Harvard Square shops and restaurants are staying afloat despite grim prospects for the holiday shopping season nationally. Still, the Square is pushing for ways to bolster business—especially for locally owned, independent shops. “We are always in campaign mode, encouraging people to come to Harvard Square,” said Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Businesses Association. “It is our mission to promote commerce in Harvard Square.” HSBA coordinates several events throughout the year to encourage more people to come to the Square, including...
...placate protesting students amid rising fears that violence could break out across France. Given the defiant nature of French student protests over the years - including weeks of violent demonstrations over a new youth labor contract in 2006 - concern is growing in France that the dismal economic outlook could push the current anti-reform protests into the kind of wild insurrection that has rocked Greece...
...Some of the proposals in the Task Force’s report—such as increasing the presence of public art on campus and increasing the integration of the arts into our curriculum—should be implemented as soon as possible. In light of the push for more collective social space that serves the student body, there should be more on-campus art exhibitions. The student body would also benefit from more visiting artists and artists-in-residence. An emphasis on teaching and interaction with undergraduates, in the shape of formal classes, informal extracurricular sessions, or study groups...
...Sending 20,000 more forces in Afghanistan will push total American troop strength in that country up to 58,000. If Afghanistan were as urbanized as Iraq and if the Taliban insurgency had an urban base, then a troop surge on this scale might have an impact. But Afghanistan is physically larger than Iraq and more than 75 percent of all Afghans live in remote rural communities where the Taliban now has a significant base of support. Controlling a growing Taliban insurgency across this vast countryside will be impossible with just 58,000 American soldiers. Our NATO allies are showing...