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Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy is set to chair the Senate committee that oversees education. Although he has bitterly accused President Bush of underfunding the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, Kennedy has said he still believes in its principle: using standards to lift every student's performance. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings told TIME last week that she and the Senator had made the act's reauthorization a joint priority even before the election. "Kennedy and I talked this summer about the need to get this done--win, lose or draw," she said...
...those who can't wait for its tour of Sydney and Brisbane next year, there's Gregory's cleverly designed large-format book - as blocky as one of Arkley's hand-sprayed chairs. He'd surely approve. As his studio notebooks - and disco-colored De Stijl installation Muzak Mural-Chair Tableau, 1980-81 - attest, Arkley's vision couldn't be contained by the gallery wall. At various times he envisaged a home handyman show, inspired by the hardware stores near where he lived in suburban Oakleigh, and even started to design his own limited-edition furniture and crockery. Arkley...
...special assistant. I had just gotten off a plane from Lebanon. Gates must have overheard us talking, because he popped out of his office and stuck his hand out at me: "Bob Gates, great to meet you. Tell me what's happening in Beirut." He pulled up a chair and listened for the next half hour...
...biweekly to solicit student input on residential life, according to S. Adam Goldenberg ’08, who is leading the task force. Five Committee on House Life (CHL) student representatives comprise the task force and will report its findings to the CHL, said Goldenberg, who is vice-chair of the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) of the Undergraduate Council (UC). In addition to Goldenberg, the CHL representatives include UC members, Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08, Joseph W. Stanley ’09, Winthrop House Committee (HoCo) chair Michael J. Robin...
...says campaigns this year are likely to center around “competing visions and records rather than [candidates’] opinions on one particular issue.”AN EARLY SURPRISEConspicuously missing from the roster is Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, vice chair for undergraduate education for the Student Affairs Committee (SAC). Greenfield, who was widely considered to be a candidate for UC president or vice president since his freshman year, told The Crimson he will not run for either position.“I definitely plan on staying involved in SAC,” he says...