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...whether the group meets the UC’s nondiscrimination policies. In both the current and proposed frameworks, the event or project for which a student organization requests UC funds must be nondiscriminatory itself. (So far, opponents of the bill have had to resort to parliamentary tactics to prevent this bill’s passage.) But this proposed expansion of eligible groups has two consequences that are unacceptable. First, it would mean that UC is improperly deferring to another group’s guidelines when it is the UC, as a student government, that should set and adhere...
...worst record in the country in terms of sending innocent people to Death Row,? said Gov. Blagojevich's spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff. ?We have enacted major reforms here to prevent future injustices, but a system that was so obviously broken can?t be fixed overnight...
...proposed McCain-Kennedy bill recognizes that a certain statute of limitations should apply to immigrants who entered the country illegally more than five years ago. The purpose is to prevent the past from interfering with people’s current lives. House Republicans counter that such a provision will encourage more law breaking and send a message to millions of potential illegal immigrants that they only have to evade authorities for a few years...
...results are now in and should reassure a lot of women. There is still no scientific justification for the long-term use of hormones after menopause to prevent such conditions as heart disease or dementia. But a shorter course of estrogen--seven years or less--is safe enough with respect to breast cancer and other health risks that it's a reasonable option for the treatment of severe menopausal symptoms. In other words, says Marcia Stefanick, one of the lead researchers, since there is no overriding safety concern, "the focus should be on your individual risk...
Thus, even after the McCain amendment, independent scrutiny of the administration’s interrogation practices is needed—not only to prevent further affronts to our most basic values, but also to end a misguided policy that is making us less safe...