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...into making a serious strategic mistake. Because despite souring public opinion and the risk of gains for the left at the polls, one thing hasn't changed since Sarkozy's convincing election victory only nine months ago: the wide consensus among voters that France needs the root-and-branch reform Sarkozy was elected to enact. Candidate Sarkozy promised harder work, more pay, fewer civil servants and a pared-down welfare state. He said he'd help small businesses get out from under high taxes and stifling regulation. "I expect a lot in terms of both the scope and results...
...action. "I would cut the games back," he says. "You're going to see a level of intensity go up." In a sports world consumed with wiping out drugs, Garnett, who was chosen for the Feb. 17 All-Star game but has an abdominal strain, would offer a curious reform. "We're drug-tested too much," he says. "We're very funny about our routines. The policy is set up now where, on game day, they can come get you, take you. If you can't go, you'll sit there--they'll hound...
...Fowler-Finn said. “It’s a disaster.” “They haven’t done anything about this yet,” he added, noting that the state has also provided an inadequate state budget for MCAS reform. As in past committee meetings, Fowler-Finn highlighted the increase in students obtaining a passing MCAS score during his five-year tenure, but he added that a similar growth in the percentage of students achieving proficiency has lagged. “Only about two-thirds are proficient,” he said. Criticized...
...first issue on the docket for this meeting is Q reform. The Faculty’s plan would, among other things, make course evaluations mandatory for all courses with five or more students and make course grades available early to students who have submitted course evaluations. Other issues on the floor include creating a PhD program in film and visual studies, and making articles published by faculty members available for free. These issues, each of which we have previously endorsed, ought to be passed as efficiently and speedily as possible...
Despite recent precedent, we know the Faculty is capable of overcoming institutional inertia and internal disagreements to effect concrete reform, which will benefit the University most if passed with deliberate speed...