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...KURTZ FORMER GOVERNOR, ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES...
...right, I was sleep deprived. So what? Still confident that there was nothing wrong with my ability to function at full capacity, I flew to San Francisco, where NASA's Ames Research Center keeps a full-size virtual-motion simulator of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. It's the next best thing to really flying. After a few hours of training and several takeoffs and landings, I had mastered the 747--or so I thought...
After the first vote of no confidence, which, one must remember, represented the opinion of about two-sevenths of the 703-strong Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which is itself only one of several faculties of this University, Summers tried to address his critics’ concerns. The second motion of no confidence was a set-up that showed that nothing would do. It’s plain his enemies were out for blood. And at this point, let’s lose the goose metaphor. This was an academic 9/11, this was an act of spiritual assassination, an assault...
...official proposal will be presented to the MBTA Board of Directors later this month. If the Board of Directors decides to set the process of adopting a new fare structure in motion, the MBTA will then solicit public opinion on the increases. The actual vote over the fare increase will take place in November or December, according to Regan...
...events and complications, however, may make possible candidates wary.The implementation of Summers’ plans for the Allston Campus will fall to his successor, who might have little input in the development. In addition, the incoming president will have to deal with the Curricular Review, which Summers put into motion. According to Menand, recent events are “unfortunate because the momentum was there in spite of all the troubles.” But Menand feels that the faculty will still have significant input in the future of the Curricular Review, which should take the onus...