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...authors of the latest report on general education responded yesterday to criticism of their proposal at Tuesday’s Faculty meeting, calling the debate “constructive” and a welcome contrast to previous meetings that were overshadowed by the University’s leadership crisis. “After the past two years, it felt great to have a substantive, intellectual conversation,” said Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, a co-chair of this year’s Committee on General Education. Tuesday’s meeting offered faculty the first chance to discuss...
...started everything,” Poupko says.Poupko says that the project appears to draw on a distinctly Christian tradition of walking, noting that many Christians visiting Jerusalem ”walk from the site of the Last Supper to where Jesus was crucified.” By contrast, he says, “Jews honor holy places, but have no tradition of actually following in their [prophets’] footsteps.”In keeping with its ecumenical aspirations, the Abraham Path Initiative has been endorsed by a wide range of public figures—religious and otherwise. The Dalai...
...Boys II”—to the painstaking counterpoint of Yo La Tengo’s score for recent indie showpiece “Old Joy.”Video games are much the same, and what many are ignoring is that they have been for years.In contrast to the blaring heavy-metal, pop punk, and rap lineups of such popular series as “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater,” “Grand Theft Auto,” and “NBA Jam,” more sophisticated games have...
...both countries, which have strong commercial interests in Iran, are using the contrast between North Korea and Iran to argue against taking any kind of punitive action against Tehran. Unlike North Korea, after all, Iran continues to accept the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty - and even though it has expressed concerns over transparency and unanswered questions, and has challenged Iran to do a lot more to reassure the world over its intentions, the IAEA says it has found no evidence that Tehran actually has a nuclear weapons program. So Moscow and Beijing are pushing back against the sanctions option...
...contrast, machismo, which means masculinity, is a much more universal term and a standard to which many men in Latin America are held...