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...mistake to view the darker aspects of life in the Middle East as the entire spectrum and write off the rest," states MacFarquhar, a former Cairo bureau chief for the New York Times. The son of an American oilworker, MacFarquhar grew up in Libya and speaks Arabic. His survey of the modern Middle East is concerned with more than just the typical tales of conflict, death and revenge so often peddled by foreign correspondents. With both an insider's affection and an outsider's perspective, he paints a richer, more subtle portrait of the region through miniprofiles of the people...
...down nature of the signals we're receiving. Consider that on Wednesday the Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 0.4% between March and April. Yet at the same time, consumers expressed more confidence about the economy than they have since the fall, according to a much-watched survey released on Friday by Reuters and the University of Michigan...
...Iowa has become the Midwest's gay marriage mecca. During the first week of legal gay marriage here, over 450 gay couples sought licenses, with the most requests in Polk County, followed by Johnson County (which includes the college town of Iowa City), according to a Des Moines Register survey. In Polk County, an initial rush of requests tapered off by the week's end. There have been scattered reports of gay marriages by out-of-staters - including 17 gay and lesbian couples from Missouri who arrived by bus to wed in Iowa City. (See pictures of the busiest wedding...
...must still follow the law and issue licenses to same-sex couples.) Magistrates in at least seven of Iowa's 99 counties have decided this year not to perform any weddings - although most have declined to cite the same-sex marriage ruling as the reason, according to a Register survey...
Specifically, the HRC and other interested groups should engage in a more scientific poll if they wish to gauge true student opinion on this policy. The polling should include random sampling to gain a more accurate representation of the student body, as well as more survey choices to properly reflect the nuanced positions that many students hold. This exercise could continue to forward discussion on an important topic and allow more students a route to voice their opinion...