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...Senate over the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. could affect the future of military recruitment at Harvard Law School. But even if Alito wins Senate approval, he might not join the court in time to cast a vote on the high-profile case regarding the Solomon Amendment, the 1994 law that allows the Pentagon to cut funds to universities that restrict military recruitment on campus...
Although the Bush administration has backed the Solomon Amendment vigorously, Boston College law professor Kent Greenfield suggested that Alito might not adhere to the administration’s stance...
...Harvard, discourse surrounding the U.S. military is awash with issues such as President Bush’s foreign policy, the war in Iraq, military recruitment on campus and the Solomon Amendment. While these dialogues are important to promoting political engagement, these policy debates can splinter the unity of the Harvard community. Similar to the growing partisanship in Washington, it is apparent from the current ideological warfare among students that Harvard seems to be following suit. But in celebration of Veteran’s Day, which coincides with the recent U.S. troop death toll in Iraq reaching...
...miserable shanty 'burbs of honiara, there are no jobs for school leavers. Even those few who have pursued higher learning are stuck. The new mainstay of the economy, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, is not recruiting people whose paltry work skills consist of helping out in the family garden or running a betel-nut stall. Boredom and mischief await those who come to the capital from distant provinces. Social workers and police describe growing alienation and crime. On the main island of Guadalcanal, there's the allied scourge of substance abuse, involving a potent moonshine known as kwaso...
...Zealand seeking closer engagement in the Pacific, many of the region's respected voices feel a guest-worker scheme is ripe for a trial. "We have a lot of people looking for work, and they are not lazy," says Rick Hou, governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands. "Australia and New Zealand don't have enough workers to pick fruit and work on farms. It's a perfect fit. If the respective governments could find a way to do it, it would be a win-win solution." The Australian farming lobby agrees...