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...report, “New Times Demand New Scholarship II: Research Universities and Civic Engagement - Opportunities and Challenges” details areas that are crucial for encouraging civic engagement at research universities. Written and edited by Timothy K. Stanton and published at the University of California, Los Angeles, the report comes out of a partnership between Campus Contact, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement on college campuses, and a network of interested academics. Harvard provides outlets for civic engagement through organizations like the community service-focused Phillips Brooks House Association and the Institute of Politics, but some question...
...biggest name of all had to be Roger Clemens, considered by many the greatest pitcher of all time. Of course it shouldn't really be all that surprising that the Rocket, who issued a vehement denial Thursday evening, made Mitchell's roll call. After all, in 2006, the Los Angeles Times had reported that Clemens and Andy Pettitte, another star of the Mitchell report, were among the players former pitcher Jason Grimsley (yup, he's in there too) accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. But for whatever reason, after his denials, most people largely gave Clemens a pass. The "suspected...
...Despite what Mitchell said, the report offers no real closure to the steroid era. "There are really more unknowns than knowns," says former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Fred Claire. Who did they miss? Who's breathing a bit easier today? This report was based largely on two sources, McNamee and Radomski, involved in a single steroid distribution ring, which accounts for the large concentration of players in just a few organizations. It's safe to assume that the steroids problem was much, much more widespread than shown in this report. Mitchell himself admits his document is not comprehensive...
Between working on a book about underground rap battles in Los Angeles, founding the Hiphop Archive, and playing out her own East Coast/West Coast rivalry, Stanford professor Marcyliena Morgan may just be too legit to quit. After ditching Harvard for California when then-President Lawrence H. Summers denied her tenure, Professor Morgan is due back in Cambridge this January as a tenured professor. FM chatted with Morgan by phone about Ebonics, sexual innuendo, and the future of Hiphop. 1.Fifteen Minutes: You’ve been called the “hip-hop” professor. Harvard isn?...
Both the University of Virginia and the University of California, Los Angeles are making concerted efforts to recruit community college students in their states...