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...vote for the Socialists," says political commentator Alain Duhamel. "It's an expression of discontent with the liberal policies of the government." This spring is shaping up to be the ump's season of discontent. A French public that has tossed out the last two governments because of their reform programs has for more than a year now been growling its displeasure over Raffarin's belt-tightening regime. Last May public sector workers - including transport workers, civil servants and teachers - took to the streets to protest pension reforms, and during the summer performing-arts workers shut down arts festivals...
...getting awfully lonely at the top for German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller. Their austerity drives have angered voters, alienated supporters - and inspired the creation of new leftist parties to oppose reform. Since coming to power in 1998, Schröder's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has lost 125,000 members - 16% of the total - primarily because of the government's effort to cut back the welfare state. According to a recent Forsa poll published in Stern magazine, 64% of those surveyed think Schröder's reforms are wrong, and 76% find them...
Almost everyone agrees that a college education should be available to anyone, regardless of socioeconomic background. But when the federal government sits down to reform the system of grants it gives to colleges for financial aid, schools like Harvard inevitably get hurt. The longest-established college in the country, Harvard stands to lose around $6 million after a federal redistribution of grants recently proposed by the Bush administration. This is because some older New England schools, including Harvard, have profited from a skewed, outdated formula that determines how much federal aid each school gets...
Although Harvard and schools like it will lose, the system as it stands is blatantly unfair; reform is a bigger priority. We recognize that the University’s enormous endowment does not insulate it from million dollar losses in federal aid, but basic equity demands that we support a new federal formula...
Although the Faculty is set to discuss calendar reform at its April 20 meeting, the Harvard Corporation, the higher of the University’s two governing boards, is ultimately responsible for setting the University’s calendar and approving any changes...