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...completely distinct from the Administrative Board, the College's traditional disciplinary body, made up of senior tutors and deans. The CRR sets its own procedures and has its own sets of punishments--all of which it can levy independently, except for those of dismissal and expulsion, both of which require a vote of the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Which brings us to Lou Reed, who in the age of the legendary dead and dying has the misfortune of being alive and kicking. A misfortune only because, in the tradition of felines and rock stars, Lou Reed must have nine lives. Nine distinct incarnations ranging from junkie to jogger, from wife-beating closet queen to affectionate husband, from Velvet Underground frontman to the man on the Honda scooter who won't settle for just walking. And he's had to watch his various lives fold and unfold in the public eye to varying degrees of interest. But worse than...
Even among contemporary works, there was a distinct lack of poems with a message. Springteen's social ballads were passed over for his purely imagistic "Blinded by the Light," and Ginsberg's bittersweet critiques of American mores were superseded by some of Kerouac's blood imagery work...
...Fundamentalism has only added to the confusion about just how the movement should be defined. The term is often used to designate fervent belief of any kind, or confused with a more moderate version of biblical conservatism known as Evangelicalism. Indeed, the two movements are intertwined, but also constitute distinct elements in American conservative Protestantism. Essentially, Fundamentalism is the right wing of the broader and larger Evangelical movement, which has grown by millions of adherents in the past two decades...
...careful presentation of the photos in the Library's Great Hall greatly enhances the exhibit. Not arranged chronologically or by country, the photos are hung in select pairs on panels that separate the show into mini exhibits with distinct themes and moods...