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...answer your question in a much broader context - the statistical analysts have permeated the game to a much greater extent than almost anyone realizes. I doubt that there's an organization anymore that totally ignores sophisticated statistical analysis. And in most organizations, people who do fairly sophisticated statistical analysis are listened to and respected. It certainly wasn't like that 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Baseball Guru Bill James | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...life-size clay statues that were originally crafted in Shanghai in 1965 as pure Maoist agitprop, a tableau of peasants being abused by a greedy landlord and his thugs. In 1999 Cai had a team of artisans reproduce the ensemble for the Venice Biennale. Set in a new context, as they are again at the Guggenheim, the figures took on a new meaning. They became artifacts of a bygone communist order and the lost power of its coercive spectacles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Bang | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Starting this week, as many as 125 freshmen will be meeting in small groups with faculty and administrators as part of a new initiative undertaken by the Freshman Dean’s Office to increase informal interactions between students and adults outside of an academic context...

Author: By Prathama K. Nabi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frosh Panels To Discuss Extra-Curricular Life | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...group, which he says he found increasingly socially and politically unfocused.RACIAL ORIENTATIONSplits based on mission aside, an entirely new dimension of LGBT life here has been developing as the student body becomes increasingly heterogenous. Increasingly, gay groups on campus have begun promoting events which put queerness in the context of race, a movement that differs from the early days of gay activism on campus, when hosting general discussions asking questions such as “Is there anything good about being gay?” was considered radical.Some students find themselves torn between two identities—their sexuality...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: It's Cold Out There | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...which we hope is the case—then Hammonds is the ideal candidate to occupy this role. The learning curve before her is steep, but considering the challenges facing the undergraduate community, the College stands to benefit enormously from her demonstrated ability to spearhead progress within the context of the entire University, not just the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the College. She has already recognized two major issues that will demand her immediate attention: the renewal of the Houses and the implementation of the new General Education curriculum. To this list, we might add the inconsistent quality...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Dean, New Era? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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