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...Ethical Life” distribution requirement, attempts to bring philosophy into practice. Even more boldly, the report calls for an “initiative in activity-based learning” to be implemented in the future. A striking similarity to Dewey’s plan.Committee Co-Chair and Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons does not believe that these echoes of Dewey were intentional. “I don’t believe that Dewey...[was] ever mentioned in our discussions,” she writes in an e-mail.Other committee members agree. “No one brought up historical references...
...charms or hexes that might bewitch the undergraduate community (leaving you free to worry about more important issues, such as how to turn a teddy into a Halloween costume: see this week’s 15 list for hints). We turned to Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore and Chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology Stephen A. Mitchell for some tips. “An… item, carved some time before 1248, was unearthed in Bergen on a small wooden stave... It reads: ‘You will f**k Rannveig the Red. It will...
...have a lot to thank him for stabilizing the school and launching an initiative for appointing faculty with diverse backgrounds,” Architecture Department Chair Toshiko Mori said in an e-mail. Last spring, Mori was one of several faculty members to call for a vote of no confidence in Altshuler’s leadership, The Crimson reported. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Architecture Department Chair Toshiko Mori never publicly called for a vote of no confidence in Design School Dean Alan A. Altshuler's leadership this past winter. Mori does acknowledge that she and other department chairs warned Altshuler that such a vote had been proposed. The Oct. 24 news article, "GSD Dean To Step Down," inaccurately described this paper's own March 3 report on strife between Altshuler and department chairs. The March report never said Mori was an instigator of the no-confidence vote...
...State Senate. So far, Ellison said her campaign has been aided by notable time and monetary contributions from former students of the Class of 2000 and the Kennedy School. “Ellison has a huge fundraising advantage over other challengers,” said Jeffrey Segal, the chair of the political science department at SUNY at Stony Brook. “She’s probably a stronger contender than anyone could imagine.” Flanagan “recognizes what a strong challenger he has this year,” Segal added. Flanagan has been fiscally responding...