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...like what these kids have been able to do thus far,” Amaker said. “We thought they were going to be able to make strong contributions to our team. Some of them are above and beyond what we thought at this point, and we’re pleased with that...
...father (Mortensen) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) traveling across the devastated remains of an American continent that has experienced a disaster—of unknown origin—that wiped out the vast majority of the population. Endlessly searching for food and hunted by bands of cannibals, the two make their way toward the coast, where the father believes they may find safety and other “good” people...
...goal, and even in the midst of a recession, when cuts must be made and services must be discarded, the library system should be one of the last to feel the pinch. Hopefully, this principle will guide the university’s plan to revamp the library system to make it more centralized, digitized, and cost-effective, allowing Harvard’s collections to emerge from budget cuts more or less intact...
Unifying the disparate elements of the library system makes sense, although it is not without its drawbacks. Student concerns that this will lead to the closing of departmental libraries are not unreasonable, but they are outweighed by the fact that centralization of libraries has the potential to make a convoluted system more navigable and accessible for everyone...
...would diminish the immediate accessibility of texts and undermine the growth of a valuable academic resource. We should focus instead on acquiring texts so that they are accessible to students on demand, rather than participating in lending programs that open up competition for books to a wider audience and make the process of gaining access a book difficult. Rather than curtailing the Harvard College Library’s growth by shifting toward lending rather than acquisition, the university should continue to focus on reforms like centralization and digitization, which are in line with the goal of maintaining an academic treasure...