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...ridiculous and degrading to those who suffer from them. Sarah Jane Gilmour East Lansing, Michigan, U.S. How dare that self-righteous evangelist even hint that Jesus would heal people with AIDS and tell them, "Go and sin no more." I ask Graham, What sin did a newborn commit to come into this world with HIV? What sin did an unsuspecting person given a blood transfusion commit to get tainted blood? What sin did the thousands of Christian women whose breast cancer was diagnosed last year commit? Some may pat Graham on the back for lobbying President Bush to provide funding...
...world. A year ago, unsubstantiated news accounts that Korans had been flushed down toilets sparked riots and several deaths. More outrage followed the news last month of a melee between Gitmo detainees and guards. Camp authorities said the fighting erupted when guards attempted to stop an inmate from apparently committing suicide, but some detainees (speaking through their lawyers) reported that the incident was sparked by a search for contraband in Korans. Those searches, GTMO authorities say, are only carried out by interpreters, detainees or other Muslims, never by guards themselves. Two prisoners tried to commit suicide...
...portions,” says Gordon. “The whole is more than the sum of the parts.”Although usually only one professor lectures at a time in a team-taught course, success depends on team communication. “The faculty have to commit to doing this—this is not something where you can be half-hearted about it,” says Lue, who met every week with his Life Sciences 1a teaching partners for nine months to plan out their course. Backstage planning seems to correspond to more shared time...
...Faculty Room so that the necessary quorum could be attained.) Kirby maintains that students are the focus of this University, but his words sound hollow when so many professors are willing to roast a president who is unequivocally dedicated to undergraduate education while they themselves are unwilling to commit 90 minutes to the same end.In addition to curricular flaws, the Faculty also continued to largely ignore inadequacies in undergraduate teaching this year—problems that, in many ways, are more pervasive and longstanding than those of the curriculum itself. The defects of teaching at Harvard College are well known...
...current plan] definitely reflects [Summers’] priorities,” says Harvard’s chief Allston planner, Kathy A. Spiegelman, who began work as the vice president of Harvard Planning and Real Estate in 1995. “He definitely exercised an influence and made a commitment and as we move forward that influence will definitely persist and be felt.”Deputy Provost for Administration Eric Buehrens, who now meets weekly with University Provost Steven E. Hyman, Bok, and Christopher M. Gordon, the chief operating officer of the Allston development group, says that Summers?...