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...CEDU, which was founded by former Synanon members. "The process of breaking kids down is very much integrated into the therapeutic milieu," says Kat Whitehead, executive director of the Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth, an expert on such abuse, who has testified before Congress on the topic. "Unfortunately, that seems to be very common, at least in the private facilities...
...followers to mobilize each other. The emphasis on the importance of on-line outreach struck a chord with Jeffery F. Solnet ’12, student chair of the Special Events Committee at the IOP. “I think the reason we had this event was because the topic of technology is so exciting amongst the number of students here who were involved in the Obama campaign,” said Solnet. The Obama campaign made a name for itself in the 2008 election for its innovative use of Web tools to catalogue and organize voters. The large size...
...reach a definite conclusion. “I totally acknowledge the limitations of this study,” she said. “It is meant to be an investigation into the association of Facebook usage and academics and admittedly does not reach a definitive conclusion on the topic.” Karpinski intends to continue investigating the intriguing association between the Facebook frenzy and academic performance. But Lewis noted that this is a difficult topic to address. “These questions are at once too simple and too unwieldy—they make for great dinner-table conversation...
...fill time now that J-term courses are cancelled. Relying on university administration to provide fulfilling experiences suggests a feeble lack of self-sufficiency. Similarly, demands for holiday courses, even if optional and not for credit, hints at an aversion to independent thought. Even if one specifically selects a topic of personal interest, J-term courses would still feed students potential topics to consider and contentions to analyse. Why can’t students use holiday relaxation to come up with their own questions...
...trance of irrational contradictions. That is, perhaps, until now. As Barack Obama packs for the Summit of the Americas this week in Trinidad, where he hopes to improve Washington's dismal relations south of the border, the U.S. President knows that Cuba policy will be the marquee topic. "Any solution to the U.S.'s problems in Latin America has to go through Havana," says Larry Birns, head of the Council on Hemispheric Relations in Washington. Obama seems to acknowledge two conclusions staring at the U.S. from across the Florida Straits. The first is that the 47-year-old trade embargo...