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Last March, University Hall withdrew its misguided preregistration plan in the face of a barrage of valid concerns voiced by students and faculty. In that chorus of complaints, a prominent strain was that by effectively eliminating the College’s cherished shopping period, administrators would have transformed the beginning of each semester into a nightmare of rubber stamps and signatures as students scrambled to configure their schedules. But even the comparative ease of a preregistration-free study card day is in need of an update—an update that modern technology has placed well within the registrar?...
...phenomenon of hypocrisy, of course, is nothing new; this particular strain of the Republican variety became full-blown in the parade of Speakers of the House we saw in 1999, near the peak of impeachment. Rep. Bob Livingston, shortly after being elected to succeed the disgraced (and adulterous) Newt Gingrich, had to step down following the revelations of his own extramarital affair. At about the same time, the indiscretions of no fewer than three Republican House impeachment managers, Bob Barr, Dan Burton, and Henry Hyde, came to light in a document compiled by the sleazy, but hardly hypocritical, Larry Flynt...
...Thaksin's critics say some of that confidence might be misplaced. They fear the government has hooked consumers on easy credit and increased debt in the countryside while placing considerable strain on government coffers. "It's not sustainable in the long run," says Somchai Jitsuchon, research director at the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), an independent economic think tank. "The concern is that when the government eventually stops pumping in money, whenever that is, the economy will collapse." Meanwhile, the country's economic success has diverted attention from Thaksin's more controversial policies, including this year's deadly crackdown...
...That event really wiped us out, in terms of being beyond the capacity of our staff,” says Cambridge Forum director Pat Suhrcke. “It took a lot of planning, and there are only two half time staff members.” Despite the strain on the program, however, the massive turnout for the Franken seminar may be an indication of newfound political interest among the Cambridge community...
...plan must be crafted with significant input from parents and community groups. It must account for the potential influx of students returning to the BPS from private or parochial institutions if residents have more confidence and ownership in neighborhood schools. Such a dramatic increase in enrollment could put a strain on a system already reeling from budget cuts and teacher shortages. The plan must also ensure that schools in highly minority areas do not suffer from a lack of political empowerment—a possible result of the predominantly white power structure that currently dominates Boston politics...