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...Hall classroom to ask questions of him and the other review committee members present. The two hour discussion was peppered with words like “apathy,” “transparency,” and “accountability.” Hot topics included the disconnect between Council members and the students they represent, transparency in UC procedures, the high turn-over rate among UC representatives, and freshmen representative elections. The first questions of the night probed at the history of the UC and its changes over the past two and a half decades, but talk...
...Hashem Bajwa, digital planning director at the San Francisco-based ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, itself part of a satirical moon-based ad campaign for Rolling Rock, notes the irony of this year's Google gag: "It's not a total disconnect from what Google does. So many people are asking, what will Google do next? If anyone would do it, it would be Google...
...them, Tenzin Tsundue, now in detention in India, has been a longtime supporter of more fervent resistance. In 2002, he made news by scaling 14 stories of scaffolding of a Mumbai five-star hotel when Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was inside. "Some would say there is a disconnect between young Tibetans and our political leadership, and that it would help if the Dalai Lama moved toward a sterner position - possibly say China better get serious about the talks or walk out," says Lhadon Thetong, executive director of the New York-based Students for Free Tibet. "Personally, I think all Tibetans...
...peer-advising group Contact, says this dichotomous milieu can be bewildering for closeted gay students.“Often students...feel they don’t identity with mainstream ‘out’ LGBT community on campus, and as a result experience a great sense of disconnect and isolation,” she says. “Students talk about struggling with the feeling that the visible queer community on campus is ‘too mainstream, or too activist oriented, or overly emphasizes being gay as the main part one’s sense of self...
...represents Ben in his dealings with the army over his psychiatric issues, says he is so concerned about the way troops are being treated after leaving Iraq that he established the Young Injured Servicemen Project, which aims to help soldiers adjust to civilian life. "There is an absolute disconnect with some of these guys once they leave the military. Without the proper attention they go on to get involved in all sorts of problems...