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...COVERED First-time novelist Susan Barker's book on salarymen and geisha in Osaka, Tsunami Nights, was all the rage at Frankfurt's book show in 2003; post-disaster, publisher Doubleday picked a new moniker: Sayonara...
Some funding for law-school programs has come from Bob Barker, longtime host of The Price Is Right, who says he became interested in animal rights about 25 years ago while serving as the chairman of Be Kind to Animals Week in Los Angeles. This year, he established four separate $1 million endowments for the study of animal law, at Columbia, Duke, Stanford and UCLA. "We love our own animals," Barker says, "but we don't seem to be aware of the mistreatment and exploitation of other animals...
...calling for a late-night coffee house as well as refreshment areas “conducive to socializing.” Loker Commons was part of a massive synchronized renovation on campus—turning what was once the Freshman Union into the humanities complex now known as the Barker Center while simultaneously creating a new first-year dining hall in Memorial Hall and adding a student center in its basement...
...especially telling that Harvard succeeded in providing the Faculty with a dynamic, beautiful academic building in the Barker Center, but failed so miserably when it came to Loker Commons. Through poor consultation with students and wrong-headed decisions about how to salvage the space, the University ended up giving students an ugly, poorly utilized embarrassment. While many colleges have built impressive student centers to dramatically enhance campus life and attract new students, for too long Harvard has managed to use its prestigious name to get away with below-par campus offerings. As the competition between universities for the top students...
...Spotted: Barker Caf?...