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...says that on one "particularly stressful" afternoon, he had to piece together a resume and cover letter on a cousin's iPhone. "I didn't bring any of my files with me, but when this recruiter got in touch, I dropped everything and used this tiny device to recreate what he wanted," he notes. "Needless to say, I didn't get that job, and didn't hear back from that (recruiter) ever again...
...trend that has contributed to the decline of the art of paper over the last twenty years. With the development of the internet, newspapers and magazines have been left gasping on the deck of popular irrelevancy—even the New York Times, the Holiest of Dailies. Letter writing has gone the way of the radio. What was, until recently, the modus operandi for distant artistic and scholarly discourse is now mostly used by children sending letters to Santa. The mailbox has become the phone bill or catalogue box. Now that we have a multitude of online communication outlets, what...
...considerable resources, connections, and expertise in immigration law to help Munir. It is ironic that we have a “scholars-at-risk” program and are dedicated to scholarship when we neglect one of our own students who fears persecution. Fellow students have written letters to the immigration service asking for Munir’s release, but an official letter from President Drew G. Faust in conjunction with a concerted effort from the HIO would have a much greater impact for Munir’s case for deferred action. Munir’s immigration officer has discretionary...
...have worked along with student organizations, in support of provisions in various versions of the DREAM Act of importance to higher education.” Talk about passing the buck: From what I can tell, the last action these organizations took for the DREAM Act was a letter they drafted in 2007. And they have done nothing to support the reintroduction of the DREAM Act this year...
...years ago, Berlusconi was forced to publicly apologize after Lario wrote to the left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper complaining that her husband had damaged her reputation by swooning over TV star Mara Carfagna. "Forgive me, I beg you," Berlusconi wrote in an open letter to his wife. "And take this public show of my private pride giving in to your fury as an act of love." But the sincerity of his apology is another matter; the same Carfagna is now the Minister for Equal Opportunities. (See 10 things to do in Rome...