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...doesn’t start here, where will it?” Although the rally focused mainly on Proposition 8, it also touched on other issues in gay rights, such as the Defense of Marriage Act, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, hate crimes legislation, and obstacles facing the transgender community. Featured speakers included U.S. Congressman Michael E. Capuano and U.S. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, who called upon the crowd to take their energy and continue to press for change...
...documents furnished by DOJ staffer Tamarah T. Grimes tell a different story. A legal aide who worked in the Montgomery office that prosecuted Siegelman, Grimes first submitted her documents to DOJ watchdogs in 2007, and now finds herself in an employment dispute that could result in her dismissal. Grimes' lawyer had no comment...
...available. The numeric scores can then be compared to other schools - that is, if they choose to make the data public. "If you mix a whole lot of random data in a blender, like the rankings do, what you get is a single composite score that doesn't tell you anything," says Doug Bennett, president of Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. "Looking through all the NSSE data paints a college's personality much better...
...about half the rate as non-transfer students. "Schools simply must work harder to pull transfer students in because they're not getting a full experience right now," McCormick says. "And that effort should start at day one with new-student orientations." Only time - and future NSSE results - will tell if colleges start to make improvements in this and other critical areas of student engagement...
...local communities. That can be surprisingly hard to find here, where a number of affluent churches choose to remain somewhat isolated from their urban surroundings. Loconte thinks that the nondenominational Washington Community Fellowship on Capitol Hill has the right orientation. "It's a church whose politics is difficult to tell and whose engagement to the community is real," he says. Loconte also says you might look for a church that is involved with the STEP organization, which works with churches to allow their members to mentor at-risk public elementary school kids in Washington...