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Keep committees and rules to a minimum, but require periodic reviews of course goals and effectiveness. Certainly, we cannot have so few rules that “anything goes,” but let’s use compact committees of faculty, responsible administrators, and student advisers to work out core principles and allocate supportive resources—and then leave the details to the creativity of instructors and departments. The existing Core Curriculum has been much resented by students and faculty, because new courses are approved through a vast spider-like apparatus of committees, and existing courses are rarely...
...ger’s new artistic technique. Both the representational and abstract pieces are dominated by the tubular forms and contrasting colors that Léger’s work is identified with. Despite their diverse subjects, the works in this exhibit possess similarly dynamic and compact compositions. Léger concentrates the energy in the center of each image with tightly arranged tubes and cubes that explode off the paper and rush at the viewer. White and black shapes interrupt the tan ground while curved lines abut sharp edges, creating the illusion of depth. The deconstructed shapes that...
...Palestinian unity government were to unravel, of course, its demise would would unlikely be mourned in Washington - Secretary Rice has made no secret of the fact that she was disappointed by the compact concluded between Abbas and Hamas in Mecca, under Saudi guidance. But her focus remains on nudging Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Abbas to keep talking. The two have announced plans to meet next week, keeping a commitment both made to Rice when she met with them last month. The Secretary of State hopes that regular contact between the two men will develop sufficient trust to allow...
...standard room and $156 for a slightly larger cabin. While those charges are less than the London average, it's arguable they're still somewhere north of Cheapside. But Woodroffe claims he's giving folks a lot of luxury at those prices, just in a compact package. "Basically, you get everything you'd get in a four-star hotel." And he is planning to eventually offer smaller, more capsule-like economy rooms without a private bath that could be priced at around $50 a night. "They'll be based on the beds they have on rock 'n' roll tour buses...
Organized by Massachusetts Campus Compact, a higher education organization representing 65 college and university presidents in the Bay State, the Massachusetts Carter Partnership Award recognizes successful collaborations between colleges or universities and community groups that work to resolve critical problems within communities...