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This legislation is a step in the right direction, but there are a few giant leaps to go. The next step, before real campaign finance reform (public financing), is institutional reform. Democrats and Republicans currently run the institutions that supervise our elections. While such an arrangement seems reasonable, it is a problem because they support policies that make it difficult for third party candidates to win elections. This exclusion is distressing because third parties are essential to keeping the mainstream parties in check and promoting important legislative reforms. If we are to have a healthy democracy, we must have third...
...proposal for honors reform being considered is to put a cap on the number of students who receive honors...
Rumors abound that Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser, one of two instructors who teaches the course, is under pressure to deflate grades because of his role on committees that are pushing for grading reform. “I heard from students that he was planning on restructuring the course and making it much more difficult, at least in terms of grade distributions,” kvetches Abigail M. Wild...
...Harvard Students for Prison Reform (HSPR) hosted its first conference this weekend, drawing about 100 Harvard students, area residents and prison reform advocates to discuss issues related to the American criminal justice system...
...Both parties, of course, are notorious for plagiarizing each other. Bill Clinton drove Republicans nuts when he'd borrow many of their conservative themes, like welfare reform. And Democrats fume when George Bush poaches from their issues, like education. But what's wrong with it? Why shouldn't a Republican borrow a Democrat's idea? Didn't they teach us in grade school civics class that compromise is key to productive government? Why can't the two parties use the same slogan? Heaven help us, it might even get them to agree of a few things...