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...this to happen, the Faculty must prioritize the success of these measures over their selfish concerns and petty differences: First, we implore professors to attend tomorrow’s meeting. While professors have many commitments and duties, even the busiest can afford to spend a few hours on a Tuesday afternoon to act on issues of concern to students. Not only will a vote with higher turnout better reflect the Faculty’s opinion, but high attendance will ensure that the meeting has the quorum necessary to pass binding legislation...
...caring” simply takes a different form than the brand that led our predecessors to take over University Hall. Why else would we be involved in community service and social justice, take classes on human rights, study abroad to learn more about other cultures, and spend time seeking information about these abuses inside and outside of the classroom...
...there might be another way, too. Part of the study revealed that there seems to be a process mediating the link between sadness and spending. That process is self-focus. Being sad and focusing one's thoughts inwardly usually go hand in hand. The researchers came up with a way to tease the two apart and found that people who are sad, but not self-focused don't spend as much. To break the link, you might, therefore, intentionally try to avoid self-focusing when you're sad simply by thinking of other people. "You could try to think about...
...highest grades in his class. After the election’s results were announced, the new president said he immediately called his parents, girlfriend, and “had a glass of champagne.” An Atlanta native who studied economics and political science at Emory, Allen will spend his next year as both editor-in-chief and chief executive of the student-edited publication. “Robert is very well respected by all of his colleagues,” said outgoing president Andrew M. Crespo ’05. “Everyone feels very comfortable depending...
...daughters to school: As a teenager, I was deeply moved by 12-year-old Lida Ahmadyar's resolve to be a doctor [Jan. 28]. I am distressed that children in the developed world seem to take school for granted and that some show little interest in studying. While we spend our time playing with our gadgets, perhaps we should think about children like Lida in other regions of the world. Jackie Lai Yan-ki, Sai Kung, Hong Kong...