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...lose quickly more than a handful of NYU sweatshirts. Rather, a precious and still-resilient resource may become endangered: the supply of congenial, self-satisfied enrollees more interested in making friends than meeting recruiters or Pulitzer winners. What, then, will we tell applicants worried that the stodgy Caucasian snow-globe rendered in the cinema classic and Wu-Tang romp “How High” is no fiction...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Locking the Gates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

...tradition on campus is to share with the Harvard community an aspect of Islam that embodies its beliefs in brotherhood and primacy of God. Its goal is to make the campus aware of Islamic values by means of a custom that has been observed in Muslim societies across the globe since the earliest days of the religion. And to even consider it a form of proselytization is far-fetched. It is recited in Arabic; to whom could it conceivably have been proselytizing? Declaring something to be proselytizing reflects an attempt to ensure that it is censured. However, those who consider...

Author: By Jessamin Birdsall, Rebecca Gillette, and Zeba Syed | Title: Intolerance Among the Tolerant | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

...Architects have lost their position in the construction process to project managers and other consultants,” said Morrison, who heads up the international design company that boasts 16 offices throughout the globe...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New GSD Program Aims To Get More Architects | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

...from Puerto Rico to teach math, science, special education, and English as a second language. While the merits of bilingual education remain controversial, this recruitment is a positive step to help level the playing field for students and promote their success in the classroom. An article in the Boston Globe described the process of recruitment as a flurry of job fairs, personal appeals, and travel crisscrossing the small island nation. “If you have a problem, we’ll take care of it,” one recruiter told a contender. “We want...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Teachers Wanted | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

...month ago, American diplomats, journalists and sundry high-ranking North Korean officials sat together in a concert hall in Pyongyang, listening to the New York Philharmonic orchestra perform for the first time in the communist capital. Television audiences around the globe caught snippets of the televised event and saw a friendlier side to the least understood nation in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Koreas: After the Music, Discord | 3/28/2008 | See Source »

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