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...There was noise, and screaming, and then I saw bodies covered with blood lying all around," Chawla says, gesturing to the ground, now covered with glass shards, and tattered bits of clothing; one cycle-rickshaw, partially destroyed, lies amidst the mess. Windows of several nearby building have shattered; and the sign-boards above the shops have been bent backwards, as if by a giant hair-dryer blowing at them. Chawla says, "I saw one child which couldn't have been more than six months old, which was dead; its body had been split by the blast. And then there...
...Amidst all of these recommendations, however, a caveat must be mentioned. The points during the year at which the online CUE surveys are administered are extremely stressful for students. Accordingly, students should not be expected to complete a survey that is any longer than the current version. Rather than lengthening the current survey, the CUE should focus on eliminating the survey’s unnecessary portions. Undergraduates and teaching staffs both want data concerning two important areas: course difficulty and teaching quality. Therefore, questions that don’t explicitly supply data relating to either of these two areas should...
Burns’ latest follows the fates of a group of teenagers in mid-seventies Seattle as they fall victim to a mysterious sexually transmitted disease known as “the Bug.” The origins of the disease are never revealed, but that omission is unimportant amidst the grotesque developments and explicit violence presented in perfect detail. As Burns has remarked, “It was extremely fucking labor-intensive...
...does have an administrative office at the Wadsworth House in the Yard, and students are free to offer advice by visiting the SRP’s website or e-mailing the board. But Freid foresees some difficulties amidst the excitement of improvised input. “In a decentralized university, it’s hard to get the word out,” she says...
...purchases a ticket to a Hanson concert during the tour will receive a complimentary “Best of Hanson: Live and Electric” CD. The collection features a few shocking covers, like U2’s “In a Little While,” amidst the many live recordings of Hanson hits such as, “Mmmbop,” “Where’s the Love,” and “I Will Come...