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...secretive search process to replace former Dean of the Law School Elena Kagan has reached the beginning of the end with no clear candidate to replace the much-loved administrator...
...many of the qualities that made Elena Kagan such a successful dean,” says one senior faculty member. “They include an ability to reach out across the spectrum, an intense engagement with everyone’s work, deep concern for the school and its mission, a very transparent accessibility to both colleagues, students, and staff, and the capacity to excite people about the pursuit and study of law in ways that would make her an inspiring and energizing figure...
...given her work on curricular reform, Minow would bring a clear vision to the position of Dean, again casting her in the mold of Elena Kagan, who aimed to build the faculty and end its polarization as well as to reform student life, says another faculty member...
...Sonia Sotomayor get the nod as Barack Obama's first pick for the Supreme Court? Of the four women in final contention for the job - the competition included two members of his Administration, Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as well as his fellow Chicagoan, Appeals Court Judge Diane P. Wood - Sotomayor was the candidate with whom the President was least familiar. But Sotomayor aced an hour-long interview with the President last Thursday at the White House, an official there says. "She is in many ways the combination of the experience and strong intellect...
...This year's event was the most expensive in Eurovision's history, with Russia forking over an estimated $35 million to stage it. In return, locals were privy to some camptastic performances. In a delightful English-as-a-second-language moment, Romania's Elena Gheorghe, the daughter of a priest, sang that her "hips are ready to glow, this record is so hot and I have so much to show." American burlesque star Dita von Teese stripped down to a black bustier to play the title role of Germany's entry, "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"; she had originally hoped...