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...bastard” and calling for his death after he entered a debate over the portrayal of Hinduism in California textbooks earlier this year.In November, Witzel, the Wales professor of Sanskrit, was notified about edits submitted by the Vedic Foundation (VF) and the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF) for the California State Board of Education’s review of sixth grade social studies textbooks. The organizations said that the books should be revised to ensure that their depictions of Hinduism instilled pride among followers.But Witzel penned a letter—signed by 47 other scholars—imploring the Board...
...junior year of high school in Chicago, I had a crush on a girl named Betty Conklin. I learned to jitterbug with her. When she invited another boy to a hayride instead of me, I reinvented myself for the first time. I started referring to myself as Hef instead of Hugh. Instead of wearing clothes chosen by my parents, I started wearing yellow cords, saddle shoes and red-flannel shirts that I didn't tuck in. I became more outgoing and created an ideal high school life for myself: I was head of the student council; I wrote plays...
...expert exploiter. She wrote that, on a visit to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion: "Chuck decided to demonstrate a new trick he had been practicing -putting his entire fist into me. ... At this point everyone applauded, again, just like in an old Fred Astaire movie." A Roman bacchanal, with Hef as Caligula...
...Blues 40 times in those days) and on the bandstand, which was stocked with some of the best mainstream jazz musicians. Like Hugh Hefner, another essential taste-shaper of the period, Carson found that mixing esteemed authors and cool jazz with his staple entertainment (jokes for Johnny, Playmates for Hef) gave the enterprise a broader, higher reach...
...secretly (or not so secretly) hope to someday master the debonair swagger perfected by the legendary Hef? A new job opening on campus should pique your interest...