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...which professors say has gone some way to reviving interest. As the election heated up in recent months, Lancaster University's American-studies office received several inquiries from high school students interested in the program; in the previous two years they had received none. "Obamania has infected students," says Patrick Hagopian, who teaches "Mom and Apple Pie: Gender and the Making of the American Family." "America becomes a more attractive place simply because of the prospect of a new government." He's hoping students will agree...
Worse, a truly global depression will increase the overall need for assistance, even as charities see donations slow and governments reduce foreign-aid budgets. "It's a double whammy," says Patrick Rooney, director of research at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. "These institutions are on the front line, and you just have to feel sorry for them...
...Obama defeat would be met with resignation more than rage. No one is more tired of talking about racism than black people. The disenchantment with protest politics, the fatigue from refighting old battles over school integration and affirmative action, even the rise of politicians like Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick point to a shift in the disposition of black America. The big issues of the day aren't so much racial profiling and police brutality as the achievement gap, the incarceration rate and unemployment. The great race conversation has not only decreased in volume; for black people, it's also become...
...Carla A. Howell, president of the small government group. Asked to cite specific wasteful items, Howell described “exorbitant government pensions and fake reform of police detail” as only “the tip of the trash heap.” “Governor Patrick pretends to have finally addressed this egregious waste, but it remains wasteful, almost as wasteful as before,” said Howell. “This measure doesn’t even begin to root out the government waste in city and town spending.” Yet legislators argue...
...answer to why we didn’t do a great job protecting the football in the last two games. Hopefully that was an aberration and we can continue the way we did today.”The Crimson tacked on an extra three points with the help of Patrick Long’s foot. From 41 yards out, the junior kicker dropped the football squarely between the uprights, giving him a new career-long—which he then topped later in the game with a 45-yarder.The second quarter was the Chris Pizzotti show. After senior cornerback Andrew Berry...