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Nader campaigns at Waltham farmers market

Independent Party and four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader did a whirlwind 21-stop campaign tour of Massachusetts last Sunday that included the Waltham farmers market where he conveyed his support for local farmers and commitment to represent the people, not corporations.


Nonprofit CEO discusses education in the US

Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America, spoke of the potential of TFA, expounding on the lessons learned from her many encounters with TFA recruits, last Monday during the kickoff event of Citizenship Week.Kopp said that during her time at Princeton, she came up with the idea that students should be aggressively recruited to teach in low-performing communities and "channel [the TFA volunteers'] talent and energy" into classrooms for two-year periods.She said that the "dramatic gains" in students' proficiency levels made by particularly successful teachers drive everything the TFA staff does to improve their program and give it a sense of urgency.She spoke of the success of a fourth-grade teacher in the South Bronx and a tenth-grade teacher in Brooklyn who both pushed their students to perform at the proper grade level after finding that they were far behind in terms of grade-level proficiency.


Lawyer to address faculty

An attorney and expert on anti-discrimination laws in higher education will speak to the faculty on the application of state and federal anti-discrimination laws in the academic environment this Thursday, upon the request of Provost Marty Krauss.Krauss said she chose to bring Daryl Lapp of the firm Edwards, Angell, Palmer and Dodge because faculty members told her last year that they do not understand anti-discrimination law and how it is applied in various cases.


Police intervene at Pachanga

Police officers held four students in protective custody for intoxication and disruptive behavior and arrested one student for assault and battery of a police officer outside Levin ballroom on Saturday night during the Pachanga dance after students were denied entrance to the event, Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said.


IBS introduces "global green" MBA track

Students in the M.B.A. program of the Brandeis International Business School have a new opportunity to study the economic, environmental and social impact of businesses through a new Socially Responsible Business concentration, IBS administrators said.This "is an area of business that is hot now," IBS M.B.A.


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