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...Student Tasha Amezcua alleged shortly after the incident that “this university has a racist history and we need that to be gone.” She added: “We have issues with the Columbia curriculum and our core classes in terms of them just being about dead white men; that’s not what the world is any more, that’s not what New York is…it’s very alienating in the classroom...
...TIME: Do you think the center is pretty clean? LEE: The core leaders I know - Hu Jintao, [Standing Committee Chairman] Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, [Vice President] Zeng Qinghong - I say definitely...
...Singapore's success, there remains a feeling that it has come at a price. Lee's methods - which despite a deliberate attempt to soften the image of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) remain at the core of his successors' approach to governing - have found plenty of critics at home and abroad. The reaction of ordinary Singaporeans when questioned about politics or Lee and his family is telling. Without them quite knowing it, there is often an instinctive lowering of the voice and a glance over the shoulder. "People are still too frightened to talk about the taboo subjects...
...STANFORD UNIVERSITY The survey's top-rated school offers 30 elective courses on topics like environmental sustainability and ethics, and integrates those subjects into the core curriculum. "Social responsibility is increasingly a concern for corporations, and understanding that is important for M.B.A. students," says Professor John McMillan, who teaches a course on international development. The school's Center for Social Innovation seeks solutions to social problems and publishes the Stanford Social Innovation Review, about philanthropy and nonprofits...
...ready to graduate from treadmill to triathlon, consider Carmichael Training Systems (CTS). Run by Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's coach, CTS offers hard-core online regimens and personal coaching via phone and e-mail. First, the center's trainers assess your fitness level and goals, preferably in person. Then they provide nutritional advice and guide you remotely through every workout. Clients log in to trainright.com to track progress. This type of lite coaching doesn't come cheap. Depending on the level of supervision, the cost ranges from $39 to $1,500 a month...