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...meaningful conversation. Instead, I chugged boxed wine in the back of the room and wondered how he fits into such tight pants on a daily basis. It is equally hard to slip into and zip up the fly of the idea that large, overcrowded events should be the focus of student social life. Why congregate in I-22 when there are perfectly good public house spaces available for socializing? Who doesn’t want to spend their weekends downing forties in the senior common room? Answer: no one. And Pilbeam hits the nail square on it head: underage drinking...
...Faust says that she believes more focus on teaching, as well as dossier-size, is needed when considering someone for tenure. “I think we do have to make sure that we provide teaching support for people who are great researchers to bring them up to the bar as good teachers,” says Faust, adding that it is also important that she “have sufficient information and ask the right questions about individuals who are presented to me for tenure through the ad hoc system...
...Dean of FAS Michael D. Smith writes in an e-mail that the measures in place have been somewhat successful, but by no means enough. “We need to continue to focus on issues of diversity, measure how we’re doing, and actively take steps to make further improvements,” says Smith. “We’re not done...
...assumed responsibility...for verifying that underage students will not be reimbursed for purchasing alcohol,” he wrote. He continued, “it is quite apparent that the UC Party Grant program, in practice, has funded parties where the focus is on drinking...
...sheepish to get up in students’ proverbial grills, but not you. I guess he didn’t have your strong record as a museum curator. I know it was probably shocking to you to discover that there are some college parties where “the focus is on drinking.” But what is shocking to me is your implication that drinking is not a student activity. What more universal activity is there for students? It builds endurance (chugging), teamwork (kegstands), and general fortitude (waking up the next morning). Can an afternoon with PBHA deliver...