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...issues if doing so simultaneously furthers the UC. Allowing the UC to pick the five students (two of whom will be from its own ranks) who review it will only perpetuate the current, self-serving cycle of UC politics. The formation of Dowling II is an important step towards reforming student government at Harvard. The UC has already had 26 years to reform itself from within. Considering past failed attempts at internal reform, the UC’s desire to select its own reviewers is even more absurd. Giving charge to the same people who have yet to successfully effect...
...Senate’s most adamant ethics watchdog slow him down when Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg offered him a plane ride. The Arizona senator—who is becoming more and more like his constituency with each passing year—was celebrated when he helped birth the Reform Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping corporate money out of American politics; that same senator didn’t see a problem with his pet project enjoying the benefits of, yes, corporate money—apparently piles...
...more affordable, Clinton would insist upon a requirement that every American have coverage; Obama would not, though he contends that lowering the cost would make nearly everyone decide to do it. Clinton said she would not sit down with Raul Castro until he had shown clear signs of political reform in Cuba; Obama said he would insist upon preparations, not preconditions. That distinction is hardly likely to sway many people in either Texas or Ohio...
...tattooed, dreadlock-sporting members of radical agitprop collective Taring Padi despise materialism, and spend their days producing banners and posters urging social reform in their native Indonesia. It would therefore be a delicious irony if their work became collectable - clucked over in galleries by affluent, Shiraz-sipping dilettantes. But stranger things have happened in the world of art, and the group - with around 10 artists at its core - now finds itself enjoying a modicum of celebrity...
...ending universal default is only the start of sweeping changes to the lightly regulated, $160 billion credit-card industry that are being demanded by consumers and lawmakers alike. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are campaigning for credit-card reform. On Feb. 7, Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Barney Frank introduced a credit-card bill of rights that would make it harder for issuers to add fees and hike rates. Senator Carl Levin is also sponsoring a bill that would cap rate increases, rein in fees and require clearer disclosures of all costs...