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Resident tutors, the graduate students and scholars who live among us in the Houses, are supposed to be available and effective resources for undergraduates. These tutors have important responsibilities—they oversee entryways, inform students about careers and advise them on coursework. While most of these tutors do an admirable job—holding regular office hours, hosting study breaks, eating with undergraduates and volunteering to listen to students’ concerns—some remain isolated from everyday interaction with undergraduates...
...weakened dramatically in recent years--and who remains high on Russian President Vladimir Putin's list of least favorite people. Putin, who views Georgia as being firmly within Russia's sphere of influence, has publicly offered support for the U.S. action. But he claimed, reproachfully, that Washington did not inform him in advance. Then his lieutenants put in the knife: a gas concern closely linked to the Kremlin announced it would suspend fuel supplies to the Georgian capital Tbilisi...
...snapshot of one small movement, but instead comes away with a sense of what happened artistically between the classic 18th century still lifes of Jean-Siméom Chardin and the 20th century innovations of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Related paintings are placed side by side to inform the viewer’s understanding of both the history and the aesthetics behind Impressionist still life painting...
Rick Kaplan, the former president of CNN, says that it is a journalist’s job to inform people of what is crucial. His comments came at a journalism conference at the Institute of Politics last month where one of the major topics of discussion was what news the media should cover...
...Bush to temporarily evacuate senior civil servants from Washington to be in position to oversee their regional department offices. But it was overly hasty of the executive branch to indefinitely implement a shadow government without consulting all of the leaders of Congress. The failure of the Bush administration to inform all top congressional leaders of the plan is indicative of the administration’s broader problem with transparency...