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There was so much controversy surrounding Personal Fouls that its initial publishers decided to abandon it, particularly after N.C. State officials went through the roof after hearing of the allegations--which were revealed on an early book jacket release. Carroll and Graf, a small New York publishing firm, decided to print the book, and the university began an investigation. So far, Valvano has stepped down from the post of athletic director, but it remains unclear what further changes will be made in the Wolfpack program...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Scandals Off the Court With Jim Valvano's N.C. State | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

...point: "It is by now only a passing wave of nausea, this response to the speed of transformation, the fluidity of American character and the American landscape. I feel at times like a stone hurtling through diaphanous mist, unable to grab hold, unable to slow myself, yet unwilling to abandon the ride...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Weak Gravity in America | 9/23/1989 | See Source »

Reality: The Council jumped on the bandwagon only after more than 1200 first-year students petitioned Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 to abandon the proposed changes in the housing lottery. For the council to claim sole responsibility for the administration's reversal is preposterous...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Lies, Damned Lies, Council Ads | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

Many may scorn these confessions as evidence of immaturity, unreliability and even moral laxity. But we are all the product of our life experiences, and I, like so many of my peers, cannot entirely abandon this Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds heritage. Normally I only share these slightly outre sentiments with close friends. But such views have become a public issue with drug czar William Bennett's attacks on my generation's self-indulgence, coupled with George Bush's prime-time address to the nation on drugs. For in identifying those responsible for the cocaine crisis, the President pointedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Feeling Low over Old Highs | 9/18/1989 | See Source »

...went on to teach at the University of Texas in Austin. He later served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences there before being named B.U. president in 1971. Since then he has increased the university's budget more than sevenfold, hired and fired faculty with abandon, and imposed his tight moral code on campus. Although Silber has made his share of enemies over the years, says George Washington president Trachtenberg, "nobody says Boston University is not a better place now than when he came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Ivory Tower Triggerman | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

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