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...fear that the arbitrary nature of the selection process, coupled with the lack of budgetary specificity on the part of the council, signal glaring problems both with the council’s ability to handle the more than doubled budget that the increase would bring and also the high likelihood that the student body will not be significantly positively impacted by the fee increase...
...answer, best summarized by screenwriter William Goldman, is that "nobody knows anything." What De Vany did learn is that moviegoers behave according to the principles of Bose-Einstein condensation--a fancy way of saying they are more likely to go to a movie if they receive an "authentic signal" that other people have enjoyed it. Before a movie opens, studios can generate inauthentic signals by securing a star and advertising heavily, creating the impression of a phenomenon. This puts butts in seats on opening weekend and gets the competition out of the way. "You can orchestrate an opening," says...
Earning a spot in a crowded wide receiver field will be challenging as well, but the shift to wide receiver does open additional opportunities LaFountaine did not have access to as a signal caller...
Especially in the wake of previously-reported conflicts between the administration and the African and African American studies department as well as the Committee on Ethnic Studies, an emphasis on diversity would send a strong signal reaffirming the College’s continued commitment to providing a well-rounded educational experience. Diversifying course offerings also necessarily leads to a more academically and ethnically diverse faculty—who then, in turn, can provide for a much more efficient advising process because they will be able to engage more students and student organizations culturally and intellectually. Any refusal to address faculty...
...political factions. Fighters in its military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, fear that surviving political leaders are less committed than Rantisi was to attacking Israel, say senior Hamas sources in Gaza. Izzedine al-Qassam members want to strike back at Israel soon to avenge Rantisi's death and send a signal to the Bush Administration. They are outraged that Bush earlier this month endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to permanently keep parts of the occupied West Bank and that he said Palestinian refugees from what is now Israel should not expect to return there...