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...emissions. It is one thing to not punish developed countries for a history of irresponsibility on the basis that they were ignorant of the harmful effects, and it is another thing to reward harmful behavior. Instead, as many other have proposed, emission credits should be pegged to U.N. population size estimates for 2050 and then traded...
...mysterious illness surfaced at least three days ago, with inquisitive questions regarding envelopes received in student mailboxes. The just smaller than letter size envelopes were sent via university mail, as seen through the label which also contained the student's name and house. These were not nice Avery labels either--the typed sheets of paper were taped onto the envelope. No return address included, of course...
...Obama is insecure enough about the size of the deficit and presumably about falling receipts at the IRS caused by the poor economy that he recently identified 121 cuts in government spending programs which would save $17 billion. The most important unnecessary program that the Administration has discovered is the $6 million spent on The National Institute of Literacy. Also near the top of the list is $35 million for a long-range radio navigation system...
...student-to-faculty ratios in the Facultyof Arts and Sciences. In the past year, the department has faced a shortage of faculty, leading to the cancellation of smaller courses like Junior Seminars. Department Chair James H. Stock said that with the addition of Melitz, the department’s size “will be approximately constant for this year.” Course offerings are unlikely to see much growth because of FAS financial restrictions on visiting faculty and because some faculty members are on temporary leave to work in Washington under President Barack Obama. Melitz was offered...
...already enjoy substantial outside funding. Their Slavic department is dying, with at most one graduate student matriculating next year. Ultimately the choice for the humanities division came down to hiring new faculty or accepting more graduate students--and they decided to focus on the former, reducing the size of their incoming graduate school class by 25-30%. At least that will mean they will graduate fewer unemployed Ph.D.s...