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...noticed how we undergraduates change the level of our discourse profoundly (and perhaps subconsciously) when speaking to those outside our collegiate circle. We realize the triviality of our usual gripes, and discuss something other than consulting, recruiting and paper deadlines. We move away from excessive preoccupation with short-term goals and address the human concerns that link us to the rest of the world. Though the process of education is designed to deepen our understanding of these concerns, it seems that we allot too much of our conversations to trivial matters and end up the worse...
...SDRC can assist students in finding typists for short-term projects, refer students to the Adaptive Technology Laboratory to use voice recognition software if long-term relief is needed, and provide other help...
Nonetheless, the proposal has attracted broad support from voters. A poll published in the Sacramento Bee last Dec. 9 reported that nearly seven of 10 California voters favor a proposed ballot measure to scrap bilingual education in public schools and replace it with a short-term English immersion program. More interestingly, though, is the source of support: the poll found approval for the proposed initiative running strongly across all ethnic groups--including 66 percent of Latino voters. The high percentage of supporters among the Latino community is significant, given that the Latino students are the ones who will be most...
...took political courage for President Clinton to initiate a national dialogue on race and to appoint an advisory panel to keep us all focused on the subject. If there is short-term gain in this for any politician, it is hard to discern. Whatever Clinton's motives, having started down this road, it is now imperative to get it done right...
Radcliffe should reconsider its short-term lease offer and allow the Admissions and Financial Aid Office to remain in Byerly Hall indefinitely. The building provides an appropriate welcome to the Harvard-Radcliffe experience, and it should stay that...