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...faculty members interviewed for this article voiced displeasure with Kagan’s management style, but some staffers and administrators said that the former dean’s high-energy, ambitious agenda placed a strain on their working relationships...
...pursuit of excellence,” Kagan set the bar high for her colleagues and created “a culture of incredibly high expectations and high stakes,” according to former Registrar staff member Leslie Sutton-Smith...
...forceful” personality who made very clear “what she wanted,” Kagan held everyone up to the same, albeit very high, standards—including herself, according to Zucker...
Another junior, Andrew Vogt, has also seen limited action this season due to injury, but he’s no stranger to playing through pain in high stakes ultimate competition. The Winnipeg native captained the Canadian junior national team both in 2006 and 2008. And when he was able to get in this season, according to Stubbs, “he played a like a rockstar...
...enforcement-only legislation can only provoke violence. There’s something sinister going on: an unholy and unreasonable alliance between actual bigots and citizens understandably concerned about jobs and safety. When politicians like McCain generalize undocumented immigrants as violent threats, they cement the coalition. Tensions are high: McCain is fighting for his political future against a strong right-wing primary challenger, talk-show radio host J.D. Hayworth, a man who speaks of the undocumented immigration debate as a battle to “stand up for our culture” and teach Latino immigrants...