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...Girl Scouts found that girls were so bombarded with after-school sports, lessons and high-octane homework that neither they nor their parents found Girl Scouts compelling enough to keep on the calendar. "It was a brutal truth we had to confront," says Cathy Tisdale, the Girl Scouts national vice president for "mission to market." So they set out to become the "premiere leadership organization for girls." Troops and badges will still exist - but girls can also choose to take "journeys" instead, opting, for instance, to make a six-week foray into the community for service, rather than meeting once...
Meanwhile, just to the north, in Kokomo, Ind., Rich Boruff, vice- president of the United Auto Workers local 685, is closely watching the developments. Kokomo boasts plants for Chrysler and one of the nation's largest auto parts suppliers, Delphi. So there is much at stake. Boruff and his troops have been calling and e-mailing their Congressional representatives, urging them to support a bailout for the major automakers. The consequences of a bankruptcy declaration from either of the Big Three, he fears, are just too severe. "It'd kill us," he says...
...University announced yesterday. The grants were established by a gift from David Rockefeller ’36, who will donate money annually to enable undergraduates to take part in a “significant international experience,” according to the University’s Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez. In April, Rockefeller donated a separate $100 million to the University that will be used to bolster study abroad programs and arts education. The amount awarded to each student will be based on the program or project proposal and demonstrated financial need, according...
Stressing the need for immigration reform, Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez discussed his personal hopes for change and the feasibility of reform under President-elect Barack Obama last night at a dinner hosted by the Political Union and Citizenship Tutoring programs of the Institute of Politics. Welcoming questions from the audience composed of approximately 15 students, Dominguez described his position on the necessity of immigration policy reform. He explained that reform is truly needed yet is highly unlikely to take place. “I don’t think that there’s likely...
...starting in the ’80s, the store began its celebrated speaker series—which has featured such authors as Salman Rushdie, New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell, and former Crimson Vice President Jennifer...