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...Google so that I could participate in the user-powered revolution, and I can't believe how lucky I am to be alive at this time in history. Your story said Web 2.0 is "a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter" and about people "helping one another for nothing." I just want to emphasize this point. People will help one another if they believe it matters. People will vote, for crying out loud, if they think it matters. This is truly a revolution for democracy and human rights...
...Google so that I could participate in the user-powered revolution, and I can't believe how lucky I am to be alive at this time in history. Your story said Web 2.0 is "a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter" and about people "helping one another for nothing." I just want to emphasize this point. People will help one another if they believe it matters. People will vote, for crying out loud, if they think it matters. This is truly a revolution for democracy and human rights...
...current ad hoc approach to Darfur-related divestment remains in place, we can expect to see the incoming Harvard president make similarly blinkered statements, which will ultimately undermine Harvard’s good standing on this issue. By contrast, the implementation of a targeted divestment model as a matter of policy provides a way out of this bind and creates a win for all involved...
...other leading candidates, Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust and Law School Dean Elena Kagan, have declined to comment on the matter. Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini said recently that Kagan is "focused like a laser beam on being dean of the Law School...
...28th white male Harvard president to vindicate them. With people on both sides waiting with bated breath for our university to make a grave misstep in either direction, we find ourselves in a textbook case of "damned if you do, damned if you don’t." No matter who is selected, the selection will be viewed as reactionary rather than a reflection of the merits of the individual chosen, and will thus reflect negatively on Harvard in one way or another...