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...politically incorrect brute, a role that Gibson has played onscreen and off throughout his career. A few years back, he got trounced by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation after a particularly nasty comment to a reporter about homosexual sex. He has been public and unapologetic about his strict Roman Catholic views on divorce and abortion. Despite a handful of soft and serious performances, Gibson is for all practical purposes an action hero, to be forever associated with "Mad Max" and the swaggering, gun-slinging cop Martin Riggs of his four "Lethal Weapon" movies...
...Public universities, though, could face legal challenges if they were to try recruiting more males. In California a strict anti-affirmative-action statute effectively precludes gender-based outreach. In Texas and Florida - both of which have largely abolished preferences in admissions policies - state officials say there are no special plans to lure more men. Many schools still try to balance programs historically dominated by one gender (like engineering and social work) by offering slots to underrepresented students. But that doesn't necessarily boost, say, the number of Hispanic males. And that has led some educators to skirt the recruiting rules...
...Merchant of Venice," Shylock says over and over, "I stand for law." But the verdict of the play is that true justice is more than a strict adherence to law, and that what is right is not always what is legal...
Evans is matter-of-fact about such strict measures: "Schools give them one bit of the apple," he said. "The second time they're gone...
...course, in asking for the vote, students should not be under the impression that they will suddenly take control of the administrative or day-to-day aspects of CRLS. Fortunately, teachers are not hired or fired by the school committee--no one would advocate a system where strict teachers feel threatened by students. The school committee controls the broad agenda of the school's educational mission overall. Students should have some influence over that agenda. CRLS is facing a difficult and challenging time. After a comprehensive redesign that has caused morale among some veteran teachers to drop and nightmarish scheduling...