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...eight Oscars and won three, and many believed it deserved Best Picture. That film was Brokeback Mountain. I was surprised that neither it nor The Notebook rated a mention in Luscombe's article, as those films are the two highest-grossing romantic dramas of the past several years. Dean Backus, HILLSBORO...
...Gergen and Louise M. Richardson, executive dean at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, said they see the dispute as a low point of Romney’s term as governor...
...College administration, meanwhile, has decided to wash their hands of the matter. Last April, the Undergraduate Council proposed a Harvard College Book Information System to the Committee on Undergraduate Education, which promptly shut it down. According to former Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, speaking to The Crimson last spring, “I didn’t think that I could financially support an effort that was in some ways in opposition to the Harvard Coop.” This near-fetishistic protectionism, which the new College administration apparently still espouses, is befuddling...
...Dean Benedict H. Gross ’71 was and has remained a fantastic adviser and professor during his time as dean. There is no question that he sincerely cares about the students at the College and has always gone out of his way to help those in need. But though we should recognize these qualities, the discontent of those who left his administration and the hush-hush manner in which their feelings have been expressed call into question the effectiveness of his tenure...
...departure of Patricia O’Brien, former deputy dean of the College, from University Hall in 2006 remains a mystery, particularly when she was so popular among students. Supposedly she left to take an indefinite “personal leave of absence”; however, many speculate that she was forced out in what Eliot House Co-Master Lino Pertile said was an “absolutely sudden” departure. And even when Gross had the opportunity to give O’Brien credit for all she has done for the College—like taking a crucial...