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After I read the "the girl gap," I saw a television show about American mothers who throw expensive parties for their daughters. I don't know what scares me more - that there are extreme differences in living standards or that we view one of these extremes as a form of entertainment. Either way, we should be embarrassed by the haves when the needs of the have-nots are so simple and evident. Marilyn Letts, WILMINGTON...
...arrived near the end of intersession, armed with a folder of the necessary documents. Having collated the dozen-or-so pieces of paper, I should have been sure of a victorious infiltration. But what if I had forgotten one of my siblings’ middle names on form DS-158? What if my serious-faced photo fell just short of the requisite two-by-two inches...
...couple enjoys the benefits of working together in academia, whether it comes in the form of their increased understanding and involvement in each others’ work, or their long summers abroad. Both agree that only here can this co-working environment be possible. Had they stayed in Europe, the lack of “resources and flexibility would have made [the current situation] much harder,” says Jacqueline...
...Buckley’s case, the dirt comes in the form of a 1968 debate with homosexual essayist Gore Vidal (this was back when people other than Chris Matthews were permitted to speak on American television). Told to ‘shut up” and otherwise antagonized, Mr. Buckley lashes out: “Listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the god-damn face, and you will stay plastered.” Quaint postwar vernacular aside, the moment, somehow benign on the page, seems pretty ugly on video...
...system for communicating knowledge has created a contradiction at the heart of academic life. We academics provide the content for scholarly journals. We evaluate articles as referees, we serve on editorial boards, we work as editors ourselves, yet the journals force us to buy back our work, in published form, at outrageous prices. Many journals now cost more than $20,000 for a year’s subscription.The spiraling cost of journals has inflicted severe damage on research libraries, creating a ripple effect: in order to purchase the journals, libraries have had to reduce their acquisitions of monographs; the reduced...