Word: deans
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...shuttering an operation sprung in 1859 from a gold-mining camp just blocks from its downtown Denver home, Scripps directly or obliquely blamed everything - the economy, the Internet, demographics - and everybody - Denver Post panjandrum William Dean Singleton, ignorant consumers, bloggers - for the diminished tabloid's demise. They certainly were factors. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...response to a parent's question on the subject, Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris said that due to budgetary constraints, the University may only offer housing to special groups, such as athletes in season or international students...
...efforts—is drawing mixed reactions from members of the Faculty. Although the possibility of the program has been floated for some time, FAS began to seriously consider implementing it around November, when it became clear that the financial crisis was going to hit the University hard, said Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith. Since Smith has slashed the number of visiting professorships for next year and the hiring slowdown will limit the number of new lecturers FAS will be able to hire, the new program provides an economical alternative to fill teaching vacancies. While professors acknowledged that...
Even before students uncap their pens for their first lecture; they are force-fed more praise than they know what to do with. At one of last year’s orientation talks for freshmen, a resident dean opened by saying, “You all wanted to get into a good school, and you’ve done that.” Amid the raucous laughter that followed, the dean added, “You’ve all made it to a pretty good school.” More laughter ensued...
...That line of thinking was exactly what Kenneth Starr, the former Whitewater independent counsel who is now dean of Pepperdine Law School, had in mind when it was his turn to argue against overturning Prop. 8. Starr is serving as counsel to supporters of traditional marriage who received permission to argue on the initiative's behalf when it became clear that Attorney General Jerry Brown would most likely support efforts to strike down Prop. 8. "The issue before this iconic court has to do with the sovereignty of the people of California," Starr said. "We have heard a lot about...