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...exploitation of children. But most of the allegations have never been investigated, and many of the report's key recommendations have still not been implemented. Unwieldy laws carry vague definitions of child abuse; the age of consent varies according to circumstances; tribal traditions are exploited by ruthless foreigners; and strict time limits on reporting offenses make prosecution difficult. The Solomon Islands' Law Reform Commission, designed to review and strengthen weak laws, has been inactive for months while the government advertises for staff. Why has so little been done? "I think people are scared," says one of the report's authors...
...Sciences (DEAS) approved several statements in late January, one of which criticized the EPC proposal.The Physics Department voted last month to “endorse the sentiments of the DEAS statements,” Physics Department Chairman John Huth wrote in an e-mail.Since science courses are arranged in a strict sequence, would-be science concentrators who do not take the right classes freshman year may find their options limited, according to Lawrence Professor of Engineering John W. Hutchinson. “We want to make sure that the system that is set in place brings the freshman into contact with...
Regarding food items: there will be strict limits as to what is or isn't considered a return...
HARI RAM SON, MOHAND CHAND & SONS, GOVIND GEMS, NP JAIN, RM BUMB read the signs on the shop stalls. Pitliya Jewellers has a table with a plastic washbasin filled with pearls. Jain families?members of an ascetic religious group that observes strict dietary rules?run the businesses; Muslims are the expert craftsmen. Later I notice a poster of Mecca in a workshop where four men facet lemon quartz in a weird green glow. Gauri Shankar Dangayach, production manager of one of Gem Palace's cutting units, leads De Taillac down several side streets with open gutters and into...
Currently, extracurriculars occupy a sacred sphere on this campus, where students learn from each other, free from overbearing administrative governance. Surely, such a culture should continue; strict regulation of student group activities would be counterproductive. Just as lecture halls are the realm of the professors, extracurriculars are the realm of the students; through them, students have the freedom to pursue their own interests, and often do so with more enthusiasm than they might bring to regular coursework. But extracurricular involvement and academic engagement need not be mutually exclusive; if faculty take a greater role in this world, meeting students...