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...main reason for the University's inability to fulfill its plans is inexcusable. Arturo Morales-Carrion, perhaps the most prolific Puerto Rican historian of his time, was the professor the University wanted all along. But Morales-Carrion had been sick for the past few years and died this summer. Without Morales-Carrion, Gen Ed 154 could no longer exist, the University said...
...meeting with MSA [Minority Student Alliance] at the end of last year, Dean Spence and [Associate Dean for Undergradute Education David] Pilbeam told us that they would either get Morales-Carrion or somebody else," Ocasio says...
...They never said, either Morales-Carrion or no one," he adds...
This is irresponsible on the University's part. To use the excuse of Morales-Carrion's death as the main reason to not offer Gen Ed 154 after saying it intended to search for other professors besides Morales-Carrion reveals a significant flaw in the University's efforts. It is as if the University simply does not care when or if a course on Puerto Rican Studies will ever be offered...
...Kaufman allows the real creatures -- from the lava heron of the Galapagos to the bald eagle -- to emerge from the metaphors in full dimension. Not all the faces are pretty. The fierce marabou stork of Africa needs 2 lbs. of meat a day, and often finds it in the carrion left by lions...