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...Harvard College is to offer the best introductory courses in the world, this misguided policy should be changed.The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) administration defends the eight-year limit for two reasons. First, it prevents Harvard from exploiting post-doctoral fellows by indefinitely chaining them to the lectern, which, FAS claims, is not in the fellows’ best interest even if they want to teach at Harvard for longer. This paternalistic argument is misguided. Lecturers, who are fully aware of their relatively low compensation levels, can make their own decisions about their career choices. Those teachers who love...
...make his message more accessible, Christie rarely wears a dog collar and refuses to deliver his Sunday sermons from the raised stone pulpit in the church, preferring instead to speak from a lectern that's at the same height as the congregation. But "there's a tension between what I will and will not do," Christie says. "We are not a religious version of Tesco," the British supermarket chain. That means Whitney Houston songs at funerals are acceptable, but New Age drumming groups in the church hall or Buddhist marriage vows are not. "We're out there competing with everyone...
...find a reservoir of energy. "The day after a show, a giant hole opens up," he says between sips of coffee, "and if I'm not careful it swallows me." Outside Parliament, Bono signs autographs and meets briefly with leaders from Canadian NGOs. Then he is led to a lectern and hit with the obvious: How does he feel about Martin's refusal to commit to boosting Canadian aid? Bono riffs a bit, hoping to stumble onto something inspirational. Then he says, "I'm crushed." Flashbulbs pop. "Crushed makes it personal," Drummond whispers in agony. "And it's past tense...
...remainder of the Summer School students are composed of Harvard College undergraduates, who, during term time, could take equivalent courses for no extra charge, but still opt to pay thousands over the summer to sit in the same classrooms—although often with less distinguished professors at the lectern and non-Harvard students sitting in adjacent desks...
From Detroit, Niebuhr traveled around the country on one social crusade after another. After moving to Union seminary, he remained as much preacher as scholar and commonly taught his last Friday class with a packed suitcase behind the lectern so he could rush off to weekend speaking engagements...