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Although universal access will be the “default” system beginning in September, the Council agreed in a closed meeting Wednesday that individual masters would be allowed to exempt their own Houses from the policy—meaning universal access is not guaranteed for everyone. Quincy, alone among the Houses, has permitted UKA since...
...would be easy to write Air off as an easy listening duo—Robert Christgau once wrote of the band that he “remembers when easy listening was worth hating”—and it would seem that the duo themselves are not exempt from making this mistake. The line between ironic kitsch and muzack can be a thin one, and at times on Monday Air began to sound more like intermission than the feature presentation...
...said last month’s move was necessary to level the school’s spending on the program at $200,000 a year. He said Friday that his most recent decision to exempt current students and alumni from the eligibility cap means he will have to raise an additional $50,000 from external donors...
Sultan said Nye’s decision Thursday to exempt current students and alumni from new LRAP eligibility caps “is a valuable first step...
...workplace may be the worst place of all. At least 20% of U.S. workers do their jobs in environments that could endanger their hearing, according to NIOSH. The U.S. government estimates that more than 90% of coal miners suffer hearing impairment by age 50. Even farms are not exempt: according to the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, a staggering 75% of farmers now exhibit some hearing impairment, mostly as a result of noisy equipment. "Hearing loss is one of the most common workplace conditions," says audiologist Ted Madison, president of the National Hearing Conservation Association...