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Although the provost’s office declined to comment on the exact monetary value of the gift, Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez said the funds would provide for the program for many years to come...
...know what is.University administrators, by their nature, prevent us—citizen-scholars that we are—from acting on our god-given right to rule this College. After decades of our parents’ telling us that we are, indeed, god’s gift to the world, a pack of dithering deans has the audacity to question our judgement. Surely, comrades, University Hall’s malignant bureaucrats have proved to be nothing but a hindrance. As she formally assumes the presidency, Faust must recognize that the prerogatives of her office extend only...
...worked with Japanese art,” Takeuchi said. Yet even for those who are not familiar with Japanese art, “wabi-sabi” seems a fitting description of Kouzo’s jagged-shaped porcelains. Having graduated from the Tajimi Municipal Ceramic Design Institute in Gift Prefecture in 2003, Takeuchi, now 30, was inspired by the Mayan ruins that he once studied in school. In his studio, he began to create large pieces made of many rectangular, hollow tubes. But he could not get past that phase. “Before all of this...
...longer with us. Alexandra Boulat, who passed away in Paris on Oct. 5, was frequently on assignment for Time. As fearless as she was talented, she covered wars in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories, where she suffered a brain aneurysm last June. She had a gift for capturing the condition of societies, especially women, caught in bloody conflicts. I particularly recommend her multimedia piece on Palestinian rappers and her powerful first-person account of a riveting photo-essay from Gaza--both are available at time.com/boulat
...been called the gift of life, and for the 5 million people in the U.S. who receive blood transfusions each year, it's a gift gratefully accepted. But what if banked blood, always a beacon of hope and health, may also do serious harm...