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...issue that the U.S., European, Russian diplomats at the U.N. would be wise to add to their agenda this week in New York. After all, lest anyone think this is a crisis for the Palestinians alone, the World Bank warns, "destabilization of this kind, if protracted, could also lead to a deterioration of the bilateral security environment - with adverse implications for the security of Israelis...
Maghen is one of 27 seniors at her school who take part in the Wise Individualized Senior Experience (WISE) program, a not-for-profit internship initiative in place in nearly 70 public and private high schools in California, New York, Florida and nine other states. Seniors in WISE earn class credit by completing unpaid internships in their areas of interest. "The students begin to see a connection between their academics and their life goals," says Nancy Schneider, who founded Milken's WISE program in 2000. "Their motivation soars, and they become very committed to meeting their responsibilities." This year Schneider...
...read with bemusement Professor Harvey Mansfield’s comments on course evaluations. His claim that they “introduce the rule of the less wise over the more wise, of students over professors” must appear odd in light of recent events. Surely Mansfield disapproved of the Faculty’s (i.e. the “more wise”) pushing out President Summers over the objections of the students (i.e. the “less wise”)? We appear then to be faced with a double paradox: occasionally, the “less wise?...
...tough day,” Crimson head coach Joe Walsh said. “That’s it. There was no turnaround point...I thought the best they could do against us was split. We didn’t do a good enough job; they beat us hitting-wise [and] pitching-wise.” PRINCETON 8, HARVARD 2Princeton first baseman Stephen Wendell took Taylor Meehan’s ground ball to the bag himself for the game’s final out, prompting the Tiger bench to erupt in celebration as the heartbroken Crimson looked...
Need a way to communicate your outrage over, say, the bulldozing of a forest? The President's policies? The car dealer down the block? Judging by the growing number of political, social and environmental activist groups started by moms and grandmas, you'd be wise this Mother's Day (May 14--don't forget!) to seek tips from your maternal elders. Here's a look at Ma Power, past and present...