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...days, the Department of English and American Literature and Language may cease to exist. Not, however, because the University has decided that the teaching of English literature is no longer necessary. Instead, the department is threatened because the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on April 8 to decide whether to change its name from the cumbersome “Department of English and American Literature and Language” to the more concise “Department of English.” University Professor Helen Vendler seemed uninspired by and indifferent toward the proposed alteration, calling...
Steady drizzle and temperatures hovering around 40 degrees are nothing new to O’Donnell Field in April. But a one-win season and, so far, cellar-dweller status in the Ivy League have been quite a shock to the perennially-contending Harvard baseball team. The Crimson (1-18, 0-4 Ivy) continued its woeful season at the plate and watched suddenly hot Columbia (9-16, 5-1) thrive in wet, frigid weather yesterday. The Lions swept the doubleheader, taking the first game, 2-0, behind a complete game shutout from Joe Scarlata, and hitting their...
Clarification Appended: April...
...radio while white liberal voices are mere squeaks on the airwaves. But now syndicated black radio hosts like Tom Joyner, Bev Smith, Michael Baisden and Warren Ballentine and other African-American radio personalities are not only increasingly audible to a wider audience but visible and influential as well. Says April Ryan, White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): "My phone has been ringing off the hook with Fox News and MSNBC wanting interviews with me. Black radio has always been here, covering the important issues from a black perspective, but it wasn't until Barack Obama, emerged...
...have such sweeping authority. The real muscle behind the scenes is flexed by the No. 2 man in the Vatican hierarchy, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who was Ratzinger's No. 2 in his old job at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. During the April 15-20 visit, the Italian Cardinal will also be frequently seen close to Benedict's side, at the White House, the United Nations and others appearances. Bertone stands out in a crowd as well: tall and bespectacled, with a gregarious disposition. But both Bertone and Gnswein know they are merely...