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...realize that these fine pieces of art were modeled after those same butt-warmers found in the Jardin du Luxembourg of Paris. Hellooooo, if anything, the chairs heighten the elitist aura that we know and love. In these tough economic times, it’s the little things that count. As long as Harvard doesn’t paint John Harvard’s chair to match, I’m all for such social innovation...
...rural villages that are notable primarily for their deep poverty and the strikingly dark skin of their inhabitants. Mexico's independence from Spain and new focus on building a national identity on the idea of mestizaje, or mixed race, drove African Mexicans into invisibility as leaders chose not to count them or assess their needs. Now many blacks want to fight back by improving the shoddy education and social services available to them and are petitioning for the constitution to recognize Afro-Mexicans as a separate ethnic group worthy of special consideration. (See graphics of slavery and the Americas...
...last three weeks, beginning January 5 and running until January 22. While students from the College and other schools in the University may enroll in the Extension School’s January courses, students will be responsible for paying their own tuition, and any credits they earn will not count toward their degree. According to Extension School spokeswoman Linda A. Cross, instructors were allowed to submit proposals for courses they would be interested in teaching, and the school selected courses that could be offered in an intensive format. “Courses that involve research papers and projects, for example...
...absurd. In their fight to protect animals, they have done everything from hurling paint on old women wearing fur to distastefully comparing chicken farming to Nazism and the Holocaust.With the rise of ubiquitous internet media though, PETA has refocused their attack on the mediums with the highest hit count: pornography and viral videos.Whether the cause be “Don’t Wear Fur” or “Don’t Eat Meat,” PETA has decided that one way they can get people’s attention is by showing pictures of naked...
...particularly advantageous. Several introductory science and pre-med classes—such as Life Sciences 1a: “An Integrated Introduction to the Life Sciences” and Math 1b: “Calculus, Series, and Differential Equations”—that previously did not count towards Core credit for science concentrators now can fulfill Gen Ed requirements for those concentrators. But Anne Marie E. Calareso, program manager for General Education, was quick to caution that the Gen Ed office is not strictly focused on finding students the curricular path with the least number of requirements...