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...information requests, media inquiries, and press releases pertaining to FAS—Mitchell’s former domain—will now fall under the purview of the University’s senior director of communications, John Longbrake. Mitchell, who works on the FAS Diversity Committee, said he will act as the primary communications vehicle for individuals whose work involves student, faculty, and staff diversity. According to Smith, Mitchell has already started his duties as assistant dean for diversity relations and communications—a post that had been in the works for “several months...
...factor in films from “The Cider House Rules” to “Monster.” Arriaga conceived of the movie with Theron in mind, and told Vogue’s Kevin Conley that he did so because “she can act to silence.” Theron plays Sylvia, whose physical and emotional scars are the keystone to a multigenerational arc of love, betrayal, and loss. As in “Babel,” this arc spans multiple countries as well, straddling the border between Texas and Mexico and leaping...
...changed since then. The Kennedy Serve America Act has been passed, which is fantastic. And we've done this enormous national poll about national service, and one of the things that we discovered, and other polls have shown this, too, is that, in fact, volunteering is down as a result of the recession, and civic participation is down. And when we did that last year it was a kind of great moment for us, and since then, the economy has gone down. I'm wondering what you make of that and what you think the significance of that...
...trying to, through this administration and many of the initiatives that we've taking on, in addition to national service - like the President said, the garden is about that individual power; that at the end - we need strong health care reform measures, we need government to act - but how we teach and how we feed our children is a very individual power. But you have to be informed, you have to have choices, you have to have access to food...
...priorities and do we do it at this time. There may be a time for it, and it's certainly, I think, something that seems to have a lot of bipartisan appeal - service and education. But it's just a matter of prioritization right now. And the National Service Act represents an important, you know...