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Outgoing Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby released his last annual letter to colleagues today, saying that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will forge ahead with the physical and professorial expansion that is pushing the school toward a $70 million budget deficit...
...letter summarized the Faculty’s financial state, attributing a projected deficit of $68.4 million by 2010 to a “time of critical invesmtent and unprecedented growth...
...letter, dated May 1, also touched on an issue that sparked controversy at Tuesday’s meeting of the full Faculty, which saw three professors criticize the current system of student course evaluations administered by the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE). At the meeting, Philip J. Fisher, the Reid professor of English and American literature, said he “learned nothing” from the online evaluations he received last fall...
...film on any issue, ranging from poverty and AIDS to animal welfare. Last year’s finalists also included coverage of topics such as the war in Iraq, gay marriage, and education budget cuts. The Dalai Lama, along with George Clooney and Walter Cronkite, has written an open letter to young Americans urging them to get involved in social issues and to take action. “It is important that issues like working for peace in the world, preserving the natural environment and protecting human rights do not remain merely the business of older adults...
...efforts require the participation of, and coordination by, all levels of government and segments of society," President George W. Bush writes in a letter at the start of the report, adding that the nation has already "taken a series of historic steps to address the pandemic threat...