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...larger-than-life image that will almost certainly outlive him. America has hoped for years that Castro’s death will leave a vacuum that the U.S. can fill with some of that democracy we’re so good at implementing. Unfortunately, if Chavez’s rise to power is any indication, things may not go according to plan.Where PRC President Hu Jintao is quiet and withdrawn in public, Chavez takes a slightly different approach, calling President George W. Bush “the Devil” in a speech at the United Nations in September. While...
...history, storms the court. March 22-25: After a disappointing first day of competition, all signs point against a repeat national championship for the Crimson fencing team. However, on the second day of the tournament, fencing stars like senior Daniel S. Sachs ’07 rise to the occasion and point the squad in the right direction, following the points of advice given by raucous Crimson fans who travel all the way to Madison, N.J. The team makes history when it captures a second consecutive national championship, pointing to its support on campus as the reason for its success...
...author directs similar scrutiny at the failings of ngos ("a business that never turns a profit"), the rise of caste-based parties "and their belligerent, cocky, supremely confident demagogues," and the hypocritical worship of the common man. "We want Oxbridge Indians in our Parliament," a cynical journalist opines. "Who invited the common man - safely eulogized in speeches but otherwise locked away in ugly towns and uglier villages - to speak...
Tuition hikes may not mean much for those at the top of the income bracket, or for those whose education is largely subsidized by expanding financial aid programs. But for everybody else, they present a major impediment to pursuing a college degree. If we allow tuition to rise at current rates, we risk creating a polarized community of a privileged few who subsidize the education of low-income students, while those in between these two extremes opt for cheaper alternatives such as state schools or non-Ivy League institutions that offer attractive scholarship packages. If the overall price of tuition...
...endowment to reduce tuition increases is, to be sure, a good idea. Over the past few years, paying for college has become a greater burden for people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, largely due to sharp tuition increases at selective private colleges. Indeed, the comprehensive costs of education are rising so rapidly that even in spite of the tuition freeze, room and board costs at Princeton will still increase that school’s annual composite price by 4.2 percent for an undergraduate with a full meal plan. But general tuition freezes are not the best choice to help students...