Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...article on the front page of The Crimson on January 16 suggests that a plan is in place to create an undergraduate student center for the College. Those who were present at the Committee on College Life where this concept was discussed will know that the Committee received a student proposal expressing the need for such a facility but that the plans have gone no further than that...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which includes the College under its administrative umbrella, has embarked on an extended study of the long-term physical space requirements of the Faculty. While the concept of a student activities center will be considered in the context of the Faculty's overall needs, it will be a long time before there is any indication of whether such a facility is an appropriate adjunct to the house system, or how high it might rank on the long list of priorities for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the College...
...favorite political buzz word these days is competitiveness. The entrepreneurial spirit. Managements lean and mean. Industries able to compete with foreign producers. But the concept is a nebulous one. Politicians are now labeling a wide array of proposals, from increased funding for education and scientific research to more restrictive trade legislation, as ways to make America more competitive in the world...
...brought budget cuts at public universities (Utah, for example, will eliminate 95 faculty positions over the next three years). The result: with entrenched senior professors guarding the gateway to tenure, many junior professors are facing dim prospects and shaky job security. Meanwhile, many colleges are calling into question the concept of tenure itself...
After a generation in certified cult status, the concept was brought to the stage in a cutesy-campy off-Broadway musical that quickly spawned spin-off productions in around the country. Big time producer David Geffen found himself drawn to the tale, and hired Muppeteer-turned-director Frank Oz to return it to the screen. Today this absurd story, which once could rate only a black and white exploitation picture, is a multi-million dollar showcase for the insidious Saturday Night Live/SCTV crew that has dominated youth comedy for a decade...