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...after Obama's election, poverty among black Americans was still twice the national average. In some ways, change has come slowly, if at all. But in another sense, it came sooner than we--and King--imagined. Admit it: not so long ago, you pictured this day against a backdrop of jet-pack travel and colonies on Mars...
While Cannavo says it was intimidating at first, the class has since become a twice-a-week, one-on-one conversation with a great professor. While Tai says she would love the chance to introduce the subject to more students, having only one allows for focused instruction. “I can also try to tailor my lecture very specifically to that student,” she says, “building on what he knows and making connections that may be of interest...
...passage of Proposition 8, they were certainly dimmed. Gay-rights advocates have already filed three lawsuits challenging the proposition, saying that it is an illegal constitutional revision rather than an amendment. A revision must be approved by the legislature before going to voters, and the California Supreme Court has twice invalidated ballot initiatives by deeming them constitutional revisions...
...discussion section. (The CUE members did note, though, that the proposed changes might not assuage undergraduate concern over having enough time to eat lunch.) Beyond scheduling considerations, the committee is also researching the relationship between the frequency of class meetings and quality of learning—whether classes held twice or three times weekly produce better academic experiences. Such a schedule shift might make for a longer day. Having classes extend as late as 5 p.m. could conflict with athletic practice times and extracurricular activities that traditionally take place later in the day. Athletic coaches and public service group leaders...
...them. They were being told that Obama was a dangerous radical who hung out with terrorists. Simply by seeming sober and sensible, he both reassured voters and diminished McCain, whose attacks suddenly seemed disingenuous. A New York Times survey found that people who changed their views on Obama were twice as likely to say they had grown more favorable, not less; those who now saw McCain differently were three times as likely to say their view had worsened than had improved. And that was after the markets had shed a couple of trillion dollars. By mid-October, only...