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...there will be galleries devoted to American art, which we’ve never had before,” Anderson said. These galleries are projected to open in 2012 when the renovations of the Fogg are finished. According to Stebbins, the Harvard Art Museum had been collecting American art almost since the University’s establishment, when it began its tradition of commissioning local artists to paint portraits of University presidents. The Department of American Art now holds about 3,000 American and Canadian paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the 17th to 20th centuries, according to the department...
...often consider how we might slow the growth of our expenses,” Smith wrote in the letter obtained by The Crimson, “but we almost never discuss how we can roll back the clock to spend less...
...Additionally, Faust warned that the University, one of the largest employers in Massachusetts, will be evaluating its payroll. Compensation costs currently account for almost half of the University’s budget...
Along with frequent-flyer miles and a passport packed with colorful stamps, almost every experienced globetrotter has at least one great story about a one-night stand in a foreign land. Which isn't surprising. Traveling is so romantic in nature - moonlight over unfamiliar cityscapes, trains rumbling through thousand-year-old crumbling vistas - it would seem a shame not to share it with someone. And practically speaking, of course, hooking up with a winsome local means you've got an insider's guide to the best restaurants and someone to help you work off the calories with later...
...border-patrol caps tackle a young Mexican to the ground amid jagged rocks and cacti. "You need papers to come to this country. This is not a game!" shouts one agent as he yanks the man's arms behind his back, almost tearing them from his shoulders. It looks like a scene on the U.S. border that would get human rights groups yelling. But actually, it is a game, and it takes place in the mountains of central Mexico. All of the participants are Mexicans, many of whom have paid to be part of the re-enactment of the arrest...