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After a four-and-a-half-year vacancy, the Fletcher University professorship will be filled by Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., Interim President Derek Bok announced yesterday.Gates joins a prestigious group of 20 other faculty who are University professors.“It’s without a doubt the greatest honor I’ve ever received, and I’m deeply humbled by President Bok’s generosity,” said Gates, who directs the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research.“This...
...think Lucas is in a tremendously strong position," said Keene, noting waning support for the President as well as the lingering effects of a patronage scandal in the administration of GOP Gov. Ernie Fletcher. "We have a governor that has done everything wrong that you can do wrong. People are weary of President Bush's handling of Iraq and tired of higher gas prices. If you ask the average Joe out there, they want change...
...from schmap.com, lets travelers[an error occurred while processing this directive] of both the armchair and globe-trotting variety build their own custom destination guides to any of more than 150 cities in the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Co-founded by Britons Paul Hallett and Nick Fletcher in 2004, Schmap boasts a sophisticated mapping engine that combines comprehensive local listings with zoomable, interactive city plans. Locations such as restaurants, museums and boutiques are marked with different icons; favorite attractions can be bookmarked and later printed out as a handy itinerary. A distance-measurement tool lets you count...
...More than a dozen of Fletcher's aides were indicted last year on charges that they helped orchestrate a hiring scheme for low-level state jobs based on political support. Fletcher was criticized from all sides when he issued a blanket pardon covering every member of his administration, save himself, for actions related to the indictments. But outright challenges to his leadership did not materialize until this summer, following his own indictment in May in connection with the case...
...McConnell's silence - which Dyche believes is intentional - has left others, including Secretary of State Trey Grayson, to call for Fletcher to quit after a single four-year term. "There is a basic worry that if the governor is on the ballot in the fall, he can't win against the Democrat," Grayson in an interview Wednesday. Grayson said he has spoken twice this month with McConnell about his plans, but said they were private conversations. McConnell declined comment. "We ran last time on a campaign aimed at cleaning up Frankfort, with changing the culture in Frankfort," Grayson...