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...course I miss not being able to speak. But I never debated not attending the festival. Wild horses couldn't have dragged me away, but a broken leg the previous week did the trick. My wife Chaz is now the emcee, and many of my friends among film critics help with the Q&As. I'll always treasure the night I was onstage with Werner Herzog and he dealt with audience questions until...
...student-friendly initiatives Kagan promoted ranged from free coffee in the renovated Harkness Center to a revamp of the J.D. curriculum, which was the most significant overhaul in over 100 years. Kagan also presided over a significant expansion of the faculty, picking up numerous illustrious scholars from rival institutions. Among the Law School’s student body, Kagan enjoyed great popularity, and when she was passed over for the post of university president in 2007, hundreds of students wearing “I (Heart) EK” shirts celebrated the continuation of her deanship. Hylton said many students...
Fiscal belt-tightening measures in College and House libraries have hurt the job prospects of students looking for employment among the stacks. As the Houses contend with a University mandate to cut their budgets by 25 percent, some libraries are preferentially hiring students on work-study, whose wages are subsidized by the federal government. In Kirkland, for example, though applications poured in earlier this year—according to Kirkland House library tutor Allison K. Rone ’06, about 60 students applied—the House could not afford to accommodate as many undergraduates who did not qualify...
...Solem also said that being environmentally friendly supersedes the desire to maximize profit, a viewpoint unique among the businesses owners contacted. The two establishments are looking into installing solar thermal panels to heat water, a technology that would require a 30-year payback period while needing replacement every 15 years. Though the solar thermal panels would not be cost-effective, Solem said that she will probably install them anyway in order to support the industry and promote their...
...Graduate School of Design, where certain faculty members are seeking to increase awareness of the both the importance and existence of overlooked spaces. And just last month, the Undergraduate Council assembled a task force on social space. The issue of campus space has been on the table for decades among undergraduates, but lately it’s been gathering steam...