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...Republicans’ cynical delaying tactics are designed to force the Democrats into entering the mid-term elections of 2010 empty-handed. In doing so, the Republicans are assuring a legislative dead-lock at a time when our country desperately needs new ideas and approaches. It seems that substance-less populism and counter-productive anti-government sentiment are in danger of carrying the day, especially if Democrats like Ms. Meyer are already willing to throw their president to the dogs. Does she really believe that the Palins, Boehners and Cantors of the world will deliver more jobs, better health-care...
...what they’re undertaking on campus,” Thoreson says. “The statement represents concerns and debates that have been happening for years. It’s representative of what people need the QSA to be by reflecting the short-term priorities and longer term evolution...
...Ultimately, this is really just setting the stage for longer term discussion and deliberation on the strategy for expanding our scope, choosing what’s important to us, and deciding what we’re going to do next...
...would assume that, similar to the advanced standing option at some colleges, high schoolers would have to decide fairly early whether they will opt for an abridged secondary education. The prospect of a 14 or 15-year-old, with the counsel of his or her parents, making such long term plans so soon out of middle school is troublesome and calls into question the rationale behind the program. A student unacquainted with the academic challenges and social dynamics of high school—and even more uncertain of what the future holds—cannot be depended upon to always...
...majority of the UC’s funds—which are primarily from the optional $75 activities fee included on undergraduate term bills every year—go toward funding student group grants, according to Lu. She said that the UC awarded over 1,200 of these grants last year, amounting to about $500,000 in total allocated funds...