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India’s decision to bring a larger number of women into its legislature is commendable—it represents a move toward greater gender equality in India. However, any future reforms similar to the quota bill should aim to minimize the detrimental effect on the non-involved groups. If not, raising the condition of one minority could hurt another—an unintended and detrimental side effect that undermines the aim of otherwise positive legislation...
Because of the importance of the CDO to achieving this aim, the job description should be crafted to ensure that other campus diversity initiatives, such as those within the Institute of Politics and the Harvard Foundation, are included under Coleman’s jurisdiction. It is crucial for Coleman’s position to be all-encompassing, so that she can coordinate and organize more effectively. The absence of one overarching leader could otherwise create a lack of accountability, leading to complacency. The ability to coordinate efforts and take advantage of Harvard’s resources will allow Coleman...
...while Tea Party leaders say they aim to spur critical thinking, at times the candidates and crowd seemed gripped by groupthink. Tea Party volunteers distributed slips of paper with the group's core principles - limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, free market and constitutional governance - and asked the audience to tick off boxes next to candidates whose answers matched those tenets. "Government is there to protect the people. It's only there to provide security. And now it's usurping more and more duties," says Israel Jackson, a Liberty University student volunteering on Campbell County businessman Ron Ferrin's campaign...
...protests aim to stop the erosion of one of the pillars of accessible, public university education—affordability. Non-violent protests against this unfortunate reality—as all the protests have promised to be—are thus completely justified. As such, we support the protestors’ expansive, multi-dimensional approach and hope that the students, staff, faculty, and administrators of the UC schools will begin seeing their demands for the continued safety and strength of the public university system...
...collective weight. The main reason for that, of course, is that member states still like to defend and pursue their own national interests, rather than subsume them in a multinational body. There's also a case - and plenty in Europe make it - that Europe is better off continuing to aim low. "Very few European countries see the role of the E.U. as a power," says Moïsi. "They see Europe as a place - with a common market, a common currency, but not a power that should project itself onto the outside world." (See pictures of immigration in Europe...