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...Whether or not religious leaders continue to meet with the president in the format of a National Prayer Breakfast, an organization as discriminating and prejudiced as The Family should not be allowed to sponsor such an event in the future. The U.S. Congress technically hosts the National Prayer Breakfast, and we urge it to choose other, less embattled organizers for such occasions. There are other faith-based groups that do not share such extreme, antagonizing views as The Family, and they would be more suited to head an event primarily dedicated to friendship building. Although Obama made the right decision...
Ellison said he did not know what punishment the students faced or whether they would appear before the Ad Board, but he acknowledged that the individuals had violated school rules prohibiting unauthorized students from using University facilities, including dorms and dining halls...
Lawrence Buell, who served as the Dean of Undergraduate Education from 1992 to 1996, wrote in an e-mail that grade inflation has long been a topic of discussion at Harvard, but “there simply wasn’t enough faculty consensus around whether the drift toward higher average grades was inherently irresponsible, and even if so, what to do about...
...While that story will most likely fade from the public’s consciousness as Vonn’s actual skiing begins, there will inevitably still be plenty of controversy surrounding many of the other events taking place this year, most of it probably revolving around the question of whether or not this or that is actually a sport. This query may be directed toward the biathalon, the strange combination of cross-country skiing and riflery, or perhaps it will be directed toward everyone’s favorite winter Olympic oddity: curling...
...President's own party shoulders the primary burden for passing legislation. Disagreements between Democrats have so far been major stumbling blocks to passing health care reform, as have apparent disagreements between House and Senate Democrats over the shape of financial regulatory reform. "The big question on health care is whether it is better to ask the Democrats who voted for this once to go home and defend that vote without a piece of legislation or ask them to vote for it again," said one Administration official...