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...quarter of the total high school class across the state fails to receive a diploma because of one test, the outrage will cause an immense backlash against education reform, with destructive consequences. The state must encourage and enable students, teachers and administrators to improve themselves--it must not threaten them...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, | Title: Test Scores Should Not Deny Diplomas | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...nearly three years, Washington's vote in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has been in jeopardy because of the United States' failure to pay nearly $1.6 billion in outstanding dues. Although this debt does not threaten our role in the UN's Security Council, relations between the United States and the UN have soured during the Clinton administration as a result of the debt...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Politics Before Prestige | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

More than anywhere else, Jackson's Manichaean analysis crashes in its appraisal of entry barriers in the operating systems market. They are not nearly as high as he believes. Given the lightning speed with which information technology today is generating novelty, recent developments threaten not just to lower purported barriers but shatter them entirely. Java, a universal language being developed by Sun, should drastically decrease dependence on Windows. Internet servers that allow surfers to bypass Windows are also on the rise. As one venture capitalist at Accel Partners puts it, "in the past six months, we have not seen...

Author: By Boleslaw Z. Kabala, | Title: In Defense of the Microsoft Monopoly | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

Sandel said that he thought Nozick's proposed solution--using heavier punishments for hate crimes because they are also intended to threaten--was "elegant." He also suggested that the idea that laws should not be used to pass moral judgement might need a re-evaluation...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty and Students Tackle Issues of Surge in Hate Crimes | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

WASTE Sewage will be piped into enclosed marshes [12], where selected plants, fish, snails and microbes will purify the wastewater before it enters streams and reservoirs. No longer will inadequate treatment of wastewater promote algae blooms that threaten other aquatic life

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Would A Green Future Look Like? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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