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...plan would start by changing what it means to be jobless. To begin with, this would require a massive increase in job retraining, one that assured that every laid-off worker had a chance to learn a new skill and years of funding to master it - instead of the six-month shots now generally offered. The Administration's proposal to increase funding to community colleges is a start. But it's only a start. Ideally, the White House needs to propose an omnibus employment-emergency bill that guarantees jobless workers a basic set of rights for two to three years...
...six college students in the program, Barth, a Neurobiology concentrator, spent 10 weeks trying to map specific neural circuits in Bengalese finches—information that researchers hope could one day shed light on how humans process speech...
...gathering on forums to place bets on the release date of his inevitable comeback album. Surely the Bob Dylan of hip-hop wouldn’t be able to stay away from the studio for long before whipping up another street-lauded aural epic of ghetto American dreams. Six years later, the former Marcy Projects hustler has confirmed these suspicions with three post-retirement studio releases and a smattering of collaborations and compilations, but on “The Blueprint 3,” his eleventh LP, Jay-Z aligns quantity with quality, reaffirming his status...
...will put us in the national spotlight and it’ll really get our season going.” The threat is clear. The Terriers recently delivered a 3-0 upset to No. 12 Connecticut last Saturday. And, like Harvard, BU has posted a shooting percentage more than six times better than its opponents. Of particular threat is junior Aaron O’Neal, who has tallied a team-leading four of the Terriers’ seven goals. Even more nerve-racking than BU’s recent accomplishments may be the complete destruction that ensued...
...students interviewed by The Crimson this week say that switching to the Gen Ed system allows them to shed requirements that they would otherwise be required to fulfill if they stayed in the Core. Fathima F. Jahufar ’11, a Molecular and Cellular Biology concentrator, went from six required classes under the Core to three required classes under the Gen Ed scheme. “I’ve only taken one Core class,” she said. “I’m just really happy [Gen Ed] exists.” Although...