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...ninety-six students are chosen for consideration based on grade-point average, but then each of the students has to submit two letters of recommendation to one of three selection committees, divided into the disciplines of the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Natural Sciences...
...writers must stand together no matter how different we are, because this is a war between labor and management, between teleprompter and teleprompted. So let’s be grateful that our chosen representatives are, unlike most writers, far too rich and stubborn to give up their strike out of poverty or despair. They have gagged America’s voice—and they have found their...
...distinguish him as one of the most significant social figures as well as humane individuals of our time,” Beth A. Simmons, director of the Weatherhead Center, said in a press release. “I think it was very fitting and appropriate that Desmond Tutu was chosen and invited to be the keynote speaker,” Kathleen S. Molony, director of the fellows program at the center, said after the talk. “It was a great launchpad for our whole conference...
...it’s me,” and concludes with the revelation that that the girl is a lesbian. TAKING THE STAGE Workshop rehearsals were casual affairs, held in a small room in the basement of Adams House. The 12 students who attended—chosen by audition from a pool of 30 candidates—sat listening to their peers’ performances while casually taking notes of their own on notebooks and laptop computers. Iconis accompanied each soloist on the keyboard. Students, eager to experiment with Iconis’s music, were encouraged to bring their...
...largest conference of peer educators in the country. The annual event is held by the BACCHUS Network, an international organization dedicated to promoting peer-based education on drug and alcohol use. (The acronym stands for Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students.) The five winners were chosen from a pool of twenty nominees. “We look for someone who goes beyond the expected duties on campus; someone who treats students as leaders and doesn’t do the work for them but truly advises them,” said BACCHUS Network Vice President...