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...utter disregard for the student body and their elected representatives. The letter was all the more shocking considering Pilbeam did not raise any red flags in his year as senior adviser to the Dean of the College and Interim Dean of the Faculty, during which time he was no doubt aware of the UC Party Fund, nor did he make any attempt to engage the UC. Instead, according to Kidd, Pilbeam made his decision after his staff briefed him on the ongoing discussions between Kidd, Associate Dean of Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson, and the UC leadership.Finally, in his clumsiest...
...potential to quickly become controversial.CHOMSKY WEIGHS INNoam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT and a longtime commentator on the Middle East, writes in an e-mail, “Among dedicated anti-Semites, or passionate supporters of the destruction of Israel, an Israeli film festival would no doubt be interpreted as ‘being political.’ By the same token, among anti-Palestinian racists, or passionate supporters of Israel’s right to crush Palestinians, a ‘festival centered around Palestine’ will no doubt be interpreted as ‘being political...
...villa, the empty cages, and among the animals. As the Germans took over the grounds for recreation and artillery storage, the zoo’s increasing exposure both endangered and camouflaged its secret occupants. It is a beautiful and intriguing story, and were it structured differently, there is no doubt that Ackerman’s narrative would have been as emotionally gripping as Benigni’s. But plot is clearly not the driving force of the book. Instead, Ackerman focuses on stylistic experimentation as well as naturalist observation. The latter is enthralling in its meticulousness, but it distracts...
...signs that her steroid denials, which we now know were flat-out lies, were causing any stress. She reminded us that she never failed a drug test. "The athletes who have not tested positive have been dragged through the mud," she said. I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I was not alone. "Frankly, I'm impressed," wrote New York Times sports columnist William C. Rhoden the next...
...Sept. 27, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Texas execution two days after agreeing to hear arguments about whether lethal injection falls under the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The toxic serum is meant to be pain-free, but there is some doubt about the drug's numbing anesthetic. While the court hears the case, 12 of the 37 states that use lethal injection have halted executions so far. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine...