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...considered a complete remedy to the debilitated state of social life in the houses. The UC should resume the fight for bringing back party grants. A formal cannot replace an inclusive room party: a vital social commodity on a campus dominated by private events. Diverting more funding toward student groups and HoCos is one step in the right direction, but the UC should resume its push toward regaining lost social ground...
...things like sensation seeking are getting turned on in big ways around the time of puberty," says Temple University psychologist Laurence Steinberg. "But the parts for exercising judgment are still maturing throughout the course of adolescence. So you've got this time gap between when things impel kids toward taking risks early in adolescence, and when things that allow people to think before they act come online. It's like turning on the engine of a car without a skilled driver at the wheel...
Obama's task would seem to be simpler. As the candidate with the momentum, owing to the unraveling of the financial markets, the Democrat will probably try to steer as many questions as possible - however internationally oriented in the asking - toward the shambolic state of the U.S. economy. This would be the "cool" approach: stick to his strength, convey calm, and gracefully clear the bar of appearing presidential under pressure...
...statement released this morning, McCain's campaign said, "Senator McCain has spent the morning talking to members of the Administration, members of the Senate and members of the House. He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations. The McCain campaign is resuming all activities and the Senator will travel to the debate this afternoon...
...dramatic promise to suspend his campaign until the crisis is resolved in Congress was on one level a heady attention-grabbing move, but it could also be viewed as a gamble in the face of political necessity. His poll ratings have sunk noticeably in recent days, as voters leaned toward the Democrats in a time of economic worry. The suspension was designed in part to commandeer an issue that has belonged to Obama and to try and show above-the-fray bipartisan leadership of the kind independent voters appreciate...