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...Tuesday morning, there are the mandatory “community conversations” with your entryway, during which you’ll meet with a faculty member to discuss a reading on race and class issues. (Skip Gates, anyone?) This will probably be downright painful...
...Wednesday is the first day of classes, so be sure that you’ve met with your academic advisor and your PAF to discuss your shopping list. It’s best to approach shopping week with a playful attitude. If all but two of the 15 classes on your list turn out to be duds, it’s not just some higher being relentlessly smiting freshmen—it happens to everyone, upperclassmen included...
...measures. "But these are challenges that are not unique to UC, not unique to higher education, whether in the private or public sector." Despite her lack of Harvard ties, Lapp said that she hopes to bring her experience managing UC's finances to the job. She declined to discuss her goals for the position, stating that it is "a little premature" and that she expects to take time to "really assess things" upon her arrival. Before her stint in academic management, Lapp served as the chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York. Appointed to that post...
...20pm: We meet friends of our host at a second cafe and discuss options for the evening. We're told that cafe and nightlife culture are defining characteristics of the city. Another characteristic I've noted? Extremely stylish restrooms...
...White House agreed privately not to push for anything beyond the $80 billion in savings that the industry promised over the next 10 years. "The President encouraged this approach," deputy chief of staff Jim Messina told the Times. He wanted to bring all the parties to the table to discuss health-insurance reform...