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...there was no way for the Hemingway Centennial Conference, held this past weekend at the John. F. Kennedy Library, which also houses Hemingway's archived papers, to avoid the iconic Hemingway. The conference assembled many of the world's greatest living authors to "celebrate Hemingway's life" and to "assess the nature of Hemingway's influence on world literature" through the discussion of "significant themes in Hemingway's writing career including Africa, war, nature, creativity and despair." The many panelists were great writers and journeymen, both: the Nobel laureates Saul Bellow, Nadine Gordimer, Kenzaburo Oe and Derek Walcott as well...
...time during which we who are soon to graduate can look at the experience we have had, and determine what was important and what was not; which classes and relationships taught us the most; and, on a more general level, it is a time during which we can accurately assess the value of a liberal arts college education--something we cannot do as sophomores or juniors, and certainly not as first-years...
...University are not regular employees. They work for the University on a temporary basis and, in many instances, are employees of organizations that have contracted to provide specific services to the University. For these employees who work as casuals or contract workers, standards of fairness are harder to assess and policies to regulate their pay are more difficult to administer...
...large and complex institution where contracting is decentralized (and where arrangements may change from year to year), it is important to assess this situation periodically," Rudenstine wrote in a press release...
While not all the candidates assess the situation so harshly, most say they would prefer the Committee to shift its emphasis...