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...major limitation is that all materials must be used within the OIT complex. With a standard ID card, students can borrow material from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (library hours), although arrangements can be made to use the software until...
...This, to borrow a phrase, is "arrogance cloaked as humility." I do not question the authenticity of Grossman's concern for an underprivileged group. Indeed, I find it laudable. But when such concern is untempered by considered reflection it can lead to irresponsible conclusions, in this case the assertion that Mexican laborers are slaves. This assertion is insulting for three reasons...
...borrow a Reaganism, Harvard's founding fathers never intended the Board of Overseers to become so passive and unresponsive. By charter and in spirit the board was intended to reflect the concerns of the larger community, which exercised considerable control over the selection of faculty, the president and the design of the curriculum. Although religious fundamentalists and anti-communist crusaders at times found seats on the board, in the end the existence of a democratically perpetuated governing body helped keep Harvard a strong, secular and diverse university...
...Buenos Aires to care for two young girls. Her job is to teach them to be ladies, not women, in a landowner's household where grandmama sorts her old photos into two piles: "alive" and "dead." The family may as well be dead. They disdain their own culture and borrow Britain's; they ignore the dust clouds of rebellion kicked up by Juan Peron's followers. The mood is languorous, but the snake of sensuality curls under the loose garments of the ruling class. When Miss Mary, out of pity and passion, takes the girls' handsome older brother...
...sharks, falcons and so forth) or humans famous for rapine and pillage (pirates, buccaneers, Vikings, conquistadors, bandits, raiders, etc.). The image of mangled flesh must be evoked, but tastefully, one reason why there are no teams named the Massacres or the Serial Murderers. The aim, of course, is to borrow ferocity, but there are signs of change. Some years ago, students at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona voted to name their team the Artichokes and picked pink and white as the team colors. Authorities balked, but three years later students got half a loaf: the team is the Artichokes...