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Students to choose 'asks' for Obama
by Nashrah Rahman
Editorial assistant
News | 12/9/08
Posted online at 5:31 AM EST on 12/9/08
According to the event group on Facebook, 212 students planned to participate in this initiative. Crowley wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that the Coalition hopes to send a minimum of 1,200 messages by Inauguration Day.
Programs that "look at the root causes of [youth violence have] drastically reduced" crime levels, McConnell explained. McConnell said that organizations that examine the root cause of youth violence are a "legitimate source that needs to be financed" by the government.
SPA believes U.S. military and representatives abroad do not have "proper trainings in cultural norms," said McConnell. The limited training in cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution currently offered are inadequate, she added.
Schmidt said that SEA's first issue, which asks for the the rapid reduction of the use of fossil fuels and irrigation water, can be achieved through organic farming. Schmidt believes that organic farming stands for a "more sustainable agricultural industry" because it does not exploit the use of fossil fuels.
SEA wants to see the U.S. auto industry start producing only flexible-fuel vehicles by 2010 in order to conserve emissions. Flex-fuel vehicles are "designed to run on gasoline or a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol," according to Fueleconomy.gov. Although Schmidt admitted, "An ideal car would be an electric car with no emissions," he said that "[an FFV] is just a long transition to what we would like to see."
Schmidt explained that the growth of green industries, such as solar panel factories, would enable the government to provide more jobs, as well as push the economy in a more environmentally friendly direction.
Executive Director of PF Allyson Goldsmith '10 explained that the issues PF is focusing on are based on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, eight international development goals that U.N. member states and international organizations have agreed to achieve by 2015.
Goldsmith said the U.S. is a "way off hitting the margin [because the U.S.] only donates 0.2 percent [of the U.S. GDP] to foreign aid when it has agreed to contribute [0.7 percent of U.S. GDP] under the Millennium Goals." She believes that the U.N. "cannot work effectively" and continue to be "instrumental in ending poverty" if the U.S. does not pay its debt of $65 billion to the U.N.
Programs that "look at the root causes of [youth violence have] drastically reduced" crime levels, McConnell explained. McConnell said that organizations that examine the root cause of youth violence are a "legitimate source that needs to be financed" by the government.
SPA believes U.S. military and representatives abroad do not have "proper trainings in cultural norms," said McConnell. The limited training in cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution currently offered are inadequate, she added.
Schmidt said that SEA's first issue, which asks for the the rapid reduction of the use of fossil fuels and irrigation water, can be achieved through organic farming. Schmidt believes that organic farming stands for a "more sustainable agricultural industry" because it does not exploit the use of fossil fuels.
SEA wants to see the U.S. auto industry start producing only flexible-fuel vehicles by 2010 in order to conserve emissions. Flex-fuel vehicles are "designed to run on gasoline or a blend of up to 85 percent ethanol," according to Fueleconomy.gov. Although Schmidt admitted, "An ideal car would be an electric car with no emissions," he said that "[an FFV] is just a long transition to what we would like to see."
Schmidt explained that the growth of green industries, such as solar panel factories, would enable the government to provide more jobs, as well as push the economy in a more environmentally friendly direction.
Executive Director of PF Allyson Goldsmith '10 explained that the issues PF is focusing on are based on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, eight international development goals that U.N. member states and international organizations have agreed to achieve by 2015.
Goldsmith said the U.S. is a "way off hitting the margin [because the U.S.] only donates 0.2 percent [of the U.S. GDP] to foreign aid when it has agreed to contribute [0.7 percent of U.S. GDP] under the Millennium Goals." She believes that the U.N. "cannot work effectively" and continue to be "instrumental in ending poverty" if the U.S. does not pay its debt of $65 billion to the U.N.
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Ana Campos
posted 12/09/08 @ 8:48 AM EST
Great article. Right now the Dept of Peace is #1 on www.Change.org
If it wins, the idea is given to President Obama on Jan 20th, 2009 and will be featured on MySpace reaching 10's of millions of people. (Continued…)
martin kessler
posted 12/27/08 @ 12:41 AM EST
I came across your site and was impressed, until I came to A Department of WHAT! Are students rquired to read for admission to Brandeis? We already have a Departmrent of Peace. (Continued…)
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