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...reminder that many alternatives to internships with investment banks, hedge funds, and consulting firms do exist. In fact, the students who have explored this option of working for a professional sports league recommend it highly. Senior Tommy Balcetis worked as an intern with the NBA last summer and found his experience more rewarding than many of his friend’s.“Everybody wants to get into I-banking and consulting,” he said. “If people love it, more power to them. But I feel like a lot of people go to those...
...Still, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) said in 2003 it found no negative effect on health from the Navy's decades on Vieques. Much of the scientific community howled at that verdict, given that independent studies of hair, vegetation and other local specimens indicate island residents have been exposed to excessive levels of lead, mercury, cadmium and aluminum. "The [ATSDR] conclusion seemed borderline criminal," says former Vieques mayor Radames Tirado, a plaintiff in the Sanchez suit who says at least 13 of his relatives there today have cancer. Says Arturo Massol, a biologist at the University...
...many other states have already found out, changing the juvenile-justice culture is easier said than done. Shifting to what is called a "trauma-based" or "sanctuary model" means training guards (who are formally known in New York as youth-division aides) to better understand how to deal with disturbed kids. But this is a three-year process that has only just begun at some of the state's most troubled institutions, and many of the staff are not particularly well-educated themselves. The transition can also aggravate existing problems, including what the union says is severe understaffing. Training takes...
...worst juvenile-justice institutions. The report, which warns that the Federal Government could take over the system if the "constitutional deficiencies" are not remedied, is a shocking indictment of both excessive force and mangled, unprofessional mental-health treatment; one 15-year-old, with no agreed-upon diagnosis, was found to be on six psychotropic medications at once. The unions for the guards and professional staff both say they also want to see improvement but insist that it must be made while recognizing the challenges of dealing with kids who can often become violent. (Read "Why Juvenile Detention Makes Teens Worse...
...Among the biggest concerns shared by human-rights activists is that police leaders are answerable only to Kibaki and face little public accountability. In his report delivered earlier this year, Alston found a "systematic, widespread and carefully planned strategy" of executions by police, but no member of the force has been tried. The government's response has been to try to get Alston removed from his position. (See pictures of China's investments in Africa...