Word: inputs
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...finger on the musical pulse of fandom, Martin also grasps what his artists want to sing. That doesn't happen by chance. Before he starts writing for Spears, he talks with her, sees her shows and finds out what's in her CD player. "I want the input because that makes the chemistry of the song," he says. Meanwhile, he records ideas on a Dictaphone he carries with him. His self-imposed quality-control regime means that only one idea in 300 gets to demo-recording stage. "You have to be a mass murderer and kill your darlings," he says...
...presidential search committee has been woefully unresponsive to student concerns. In an e-mail message sent recently to alumni, Stone praised the search as an "inclusive" process that sought and received advice from "alumni, faculty and staff," conspicuously omitting any mention of student input the committee might have received. Lip service is no substitute for meaningful involvement, but the absence even of lip service shows a more fundamental disregard...
...have misjudged the Corporation's commitment to student welfare and its members' interest in student input. For all we know, every question the candidates faced concerned the welfare of undergraduates. But the process the Corporation has overseen smacks more of a fear of what students might say if included meaningfully in the process--a fear that perhaps should be expected from Stone, who has been publicly dismissive of the "kids" the University aims to educate...
Moreover, a climate that encourages participation would also have improved the quality of the search. In 1970, when lists were released, the search committee received 1,200 names of possible candidates. In this search, when outside input was largely shunned, only 400 names were sent in. We do not doubt Summers' qualifications, but it is clearly in the University's interest that the search be as wide-ranging as possible...
...parking lot at the corner of Oxford and Hammond streets, a prime building space on the edge of campus, is now set to be the location of the new University Information Services building. But instead of approaching local residents with completed plans for the building, Harvard sought their input up front to make sure the eventual construction would fit with the character of the neighborhood...