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...More difficult to swallow might be the recommendation to up the "quantity and quality" of direct aid to developing countries, an area of the budget many countries are already slashing. The report makes it clear that developing countries are desperately in need this assistance during the recession to meet basic needs, but that's the problem - as the recession deepens, everyone else needs a hand...
...simplify the structure of student-faculty committees in a letter sent to Neuroscience Professor John E. Dowling ’57, who served as the chair of the Committee to Review the Undergraduate Council. Smith stated that he and Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds agreed with the basic recommendations of the committee but still had reservations about some of the conclusions drawn by the report. “Dean Hammonds and I agree whole-heartedly with the recommendation to simplify the committee structure and to put in place chairs who are in the position to make decisions...
...find?BGE: There are many interesting patterns in this data: patterns in consumption according to education, age, cities versus rural areas, places where people are more religious versus less religious. There are patterns along all those variables. 5. FM: What surprised you about your findings?BGE: Well, one basic fact that came out here is that online adult entertainment seems to be of interest everywhere. Now you can talk about where it’s of greater interest and where it’s of lesser interest. But if you compare the extent to which the United States varies...
...dialogue with the Undergraduate Council to brainstorm a host of options for J-term, such as offering short classes on everything from PowerPoint to metalworking. This academic year, however, we have heard little or no concrete details from the College about its vision for the new term. Even a basic outline for the term or a window into its planning process would suffice, but, with next January looming closer, Harris’s comments are the first suggestion of a new and very different plan in the works...
...restoring our essential manufacturing base, which has been considerably eroded through manufacturers going offshore. Add to this the encouragement of consumers to buy homemade goods and products and if this is achieved, along with maintaining employment, then the impact of the economic crisis will certainly be reduced. This is basic first aid while the brains of the financial world determine just how to organize the international economy for the benefit for everyone and not just the greedy. Bob McCullough, Karana Downs, Australia...