Word: badini
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...Italian military at the Sigonella NATO base, where the EgyptAir Boeing first landed. Local police reported that tensions between the two allies turned ugly when the U.S. special Delta Force saw its prey being taken from it. Nevertheless, the clash never went beyond raised voices. Said Craxi Envoy Antonio Badini, who negotiated the surrender of the four terrorists to Italian authorities: "Abbas' role appeared to us of secondary significance." More important, he said, "was our respect for international law, our relations with Egypt...
Both Maher and Danley contend that psychology is a broad enough discipline to offer plenty of flexibility to concentrators. Independent research projects and honors theses provide students with an opportunity to work closely with a senior faculty member, Maher says. Aldo A. Badini '80, for example, has spent three years working on projects with Robert Rosenthal, professor of social psychology...
...Most of the good experiences I've had with the department have been in independent projects," Badini says, adding that if a student is willing to take the initiative, "there's a lot of room for independent projects." He adds that independent projects are integrated into many of the courses. "I would only encourage someone to concentrate in Psychology if he were willing to take a lot of initiative to get what he wants out of the department," Badini says. "If he's just looking for the courses and lectures, then I would discourage him." Judd agrees that...
...Although Badini says he didn't enter the department expecting a more clinical bent, he adds he has been disappointed in many of the department's courses. "A lot of the middle-level courses overlapped the introductory courses," he says. Lee C. Rubin '81, a concentrator, echoes this complaint. "The redundancy of the courses surprised me," she says, adding. "The basic concepts keep popping up in advanced courses, so that the surprise and wonder of each new course is minimized." Badini, a member of the department's Committee on Undergraduate Instruction, says the committee is presently working on reorganizing courses...
...Badini says that sections also often leave much to be desired. "Often people in the sections would correct the grad students and that was kind of disappointing," he says. But Green says that he hasn't received "massive complaints" about the sections, adding, "They're small intensive groups and if you don't happen to hit it off with your section leader, then you might be disappointed...