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...rather welldeserved reputation for being exactly what he warns other university presidents against creating. Its educational program is known as a training school for soulless technocrats. Even worse, its research programs often carry out what is little more than private consulting for corporate donors who are given free rein to set scholars' priorites...
Some administrators see a cyclical pattern in the movement to rein in fraternities and sororities. "There is a need for college presidents to get hold of their institutions again," says Dale Nitzschke, president of Marshall University. "The pendulum in the '60s and '70s was swinging away from in loco parentis. Now we're moving more to the middle." Many of today's students actually seem to yearn for a firmer hand. Says Samantha Gladish, 21, president of the Panhellenic Council at Bucknell: "We need someone to guide and help...
...such characterizations miss the big picture, not just of what Gorbachev is trying to do but also what he has already done. "Events" didn't liberate Eastern Europe, rein in the secret police or lay the groundwork for political pluralism and parliamentary democracy. If Gorbachev disappeared from the scene this week, his accomplishment would qualify as more than crisis management and ad hockery...
Chamorro is certain she can suture Nicaragua's self-inflicted wounds. Abolishing the unpopular military draft will be the first step. She must also rein in Godoy, whose statements during the campaign suggested that settling old scores might be the new government's top priority. At her first press conference, the President-elect made a point of fielding tough questions herself and praising Ortega for his concession of defeat...
...summit is set against the backdrop of a continuing hemispheric drug scourge that shows little sign of abating. Colombia's effort to rein in the drug lords has scored some successes. Barco told TIME, "The leadership of the drug cartels has received a major blow. A number of members of the cartels have been extradited to the U.S. to face trial. Their leaders are hiding and on the run." In the past twelve months, troops have confiscated more than 1 million gal. of precursor chemicals used in cocaine refinement and 32 tons of cocaine and coca paste, compared with...