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...institutionalization of communication.In previous years, UC leadership met with administrators on an issue-by-issue basis, which became “problematic” last semester, Flores said.Under the new communication structure agreed upon over the summer, Flores—and UC Presidents in the future—will meet weekly with the Assistant Dean of Student Life, Susan B. Marine, biweekly with Dean of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson, monthly with Dean Smith, bimonthly with Dean Hammonds, and semesterly with University President Drew G. Faust.“[We should] always get face time, always have a regular spot...
...Downfall,” his Oscar-nominated 2004 chronicle of Hitler’s final days, Hirschbiegel again humanizes a seemingly irredeemable man to create a fascinating drama that explores the difficulties of reconciliation in many of today’s intractable conflicts. Focusing on the fictional meeting of real-life Irish citizens Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt, “Millions”) and Alistair Little (Liam Neeson) 33 years after the murder that connected them, the film traces the human cost of violence that permeated a society. Elders are the villains in Hirschbiegel’s vision...
...Friday's big protest. Unlike the 11 other organizations (led by the Thomas Merton Center?s Anti-War Committee, Three Rivers Climate Convergence and the local chapter of Codepink) hitting the streets, the Resistance Project has actively avoided applying for a city permit to protest and is likely to meet, in turn, resistance from law enforcement. (Read "Why Is the G-20 Being Held in Pittsburgh...
...China's total energy output - and there are industry analysts, both foreign and domestic, who believe that figure is probably conservative. The problem is that China is at the same time still investing massively in coal-fired electricity plants, the primary source of CO2 emissions, to meet its surging power demands. Overall, in 2009 China will probably add about 80 to 100 gigawatts of capacity to its electricity grid, and 75% to 80% of that will be from coal. In effect, says Gerald Page, managing director of Equinox Energy Partners in Beijing, a venture capital firm, China is adding...
...children as true-blooded Chinese: as soon as a child is born, the parents are required to register with the authorities as to which of the 56 government-approved ethnic groups their child belongs; there are no mixed-race categories. Lou feels she is very much Chinese. "When I meet somebody for the first time, they'd often ask me how I can speak Chinese so well, and I tell them, 'Because I'm a Chinese - of course I can speak my mother tongue well,' " Lou says defiantly. "I don't like to be treated differently...