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...general meeting once a month in order to keep the membership apprised of AAA events and field comments and criticisms on AAA policies and actions (ironically, the only reason HRAFR even received a voice was because they were allotted time at one of these meetings to present their viewpoint). In addition, AAA prints up a newsletter once a month and sends e-mail on a regular basis to keep its membership informed about upcoming events. And as has happened on many occasions, those members who have objections to AAA stances can call the leadership directly (the phone numbers...
...that has become a minority viewpoint. Explains Alan Beck, an animal ecologist at Purdue: "There are undoubtedly still scientists out there who question the intelligence of dogs and cats because they don't have the hard data. They feel it's unscientific to acknowledge phenomena we can't prove." But the majority of Beck's colleagues, he says, now accept the notion that animals have, for lack of a better phrase, an emotional and intellectual life. "I am absolutely convinced, for example, that my dog feels guilty when he defecates on the rug," says Beck. "A blind observer could...
...Washington insisted that the U.S. airdrops had not triggered the attack. Pentagon and State Department spokesmen argued that the Serbs were carrying out battle plans made long before. But another Administration expert on Yugoslavia sees it differently. "Of course there's a connection," he says. "From the Serb viewpoint, the best way to stop the airdrops is to 'cleanse' the area." The delivery of food may have encouraged Serb fighters, who had been trying to starve the Muslims out of territory Serbs wish to occupy, to mount a more aggressive assault. If the Muslims are evacuated to escape the bloodshed...
...those grades that teaching fellows who don't believe in grading (you mostly find this type in the humanities--particularly literature, and other fields that have trouble making categorical statements about the quality of someone else's subjective viewpoint) dole out to half of their students. The other half, who have usually fared better and shown up for more classes...
...opportunity because at an institution which prides itself on diversity, a magazine which provides an alternative viewpoint provides a consistent check that I am not falling into the trap of dogmatism...