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...recalling the worst of it, students and faculty alike say the level of academic excellence did not dip. History Instructor Reavis Mitchell is articulate on the subject: "The quality hasn't suffered as much as the reputation. People equate leaky faucets and cold classrooms with the totality of education. I try to tell my students there has always been an element of suffering, unfortunately, in the black tradition of education...
...Bulldogs seemed certain to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament again this year before their recent dip. UMD likely will still receive a bid, but the loss of Christensen, with his 219 career points (in 168 games), is a severe blow to the team's chances...
That last credential was particularly important, since Dartmouth, like other colleges across the country, was facing the pressures of a cost crunch and a projected dip in enrollment. McLaughlin has responded to the challenge. By last fall he had boosted the endowment from $254 million to $414 million and fattened faculty salaries 33.7%, to a healthy average of $50,600 for full professors. Although applications for the Hanover, N.H., campus were rising to an all-time high of 9,500 for only 1,030 places in the freshman class, McLaughlin pushed the enrollment of blacks; Dartmouth now has a larger...
...current weakness of the Canadian currency, which was worth 81 cents as recently as 1983, is somewhat enigmatic. The economy is growing at a healthy 4% annual pace, and inflation is only 4%. Falling oil prices may be one cause of the dollar's dip, but petroleum accounts for only about 5% of Canada's merchandise export revenues. Probably more damaging is the government's deficit, which was about $34 billion (Canadian) last year. To strengthen the dollar significantly, says Ben Gestrin, vice president of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the government must prove that it will "pull...
Your girlfriend says to you: "Why can't you be more like Sam Shepard?" She buys you denim jackets, refuses to wash your bluejeans, pickles your tongue with shots of tequila. "Why don't you buy a lasso?" she suggests. "Buck broncos, for Christ's sake. Dip snuff, do chaw, go smokeless, anything...