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Today’s 90-minute session concluded with a unanimous vote to hold an emergency meeting of the Faculty next Tuesday to further discuss what Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck called “the widenening crisis of confidence” in Summers’ fitness to lead the University...
...acquire knowledge from other countries by sending their students abroad. Then this newly acquired expertise can be used to make economies at home more competitive, to the detriment of other countries on the global stage. The only way to avoid this practice of outsourcing education would be to deny Indian and Chinese students admission to U.S. universities, a move that would be sure to cause outrage. Gianluca de Duonni Waterloo, Belgium
...Setting up tsunami-detection buoys in the Indian Ocean is the right idea. But such a warning system cannot guarantee safety unless it is supported by roads that link coastal resorts to large centers that could house evacuees and by emergency public transportation that could be mobilized when an alert is sounded. There must also be a change in the architectural design of buildings in tsunami-prone areas. New construction should be able to withstand severe flooding and earthquakes. When all these measures have been taken, casualties and fatalities will be minimal in the event of another tsunami. Augustine...
...glad to see the outpouring of support from people and nations around the globe for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. It demonstrates that there are still some very compassionate philanthropists in the world. Yet as the badly needed support arrives, the news is all about which countries are pledging the most assistance?and the U.S. is criticized for not giving more. Don't we in the U.S. contribute enough to the world? We are engaged in a war on terrorism that is draining our bank accounts, and we already send money to countries in need. I am sure...
Where in Harvard Square can you shower on recently-quarried Indian marble that is used nowhere else in the world, monitor visitors from multiple plasma TVs before they knock on your door, and sit at a desk overlooking Harvard from seven floors up—all for $3,500 a night...