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Phelan’s first commitment, shared with her colleagues in VES, was to a rigorous overhaul of the curriculum; the number of courses offered in studio arts has doubled, and their quality and programmatic coherence have improved dramatically. Class size has been reduced, more courses than ever have been cross-listed, more faculty have been jointly appointed with other departments, the number of Hoopes prizes awarded to VES students has greatly increased and this Spring a record number of undergraduates, more than 40, applied for VES concentration. VES graduates are now accepted to the foremost graduate programs in this...
...project in the capitals of the world, and the press talked of a unified Space Command like so many excitable adolescents. But the primary reason for the media attention Rumsfeld enjoyed this week was the fact that he is playing maestro in what may be the most comprehensive overhaul ever of the U.S. military - and is keeping the nation guessing (and its media furiously speculating) over just what that will entail, making him our newsmaker of the week...
...reason? The journalists, like the generals, the politicians and the lobbyists all know a major overhaul of the U.S. military is coming down the pike, but they don't know its shape or form. The only person who does is the Defense Secretary, and the stakeholders are desperately parsing everything that looks like a leak from his office. But Rumsfeld is playing his cards so close to his chest that the Senate Armed Forces Committee is threatening to delay ratifying Defense Department appointees to protest being kept in the dark...
...There are currently some 18 panels reviewing aspects of military strategy, policy and force development as part of a planned dramatic overhaul designed to equip the U.S. armed forces for the wars of the future. Many of their recommendations are in conflict - and the fact that there's a steady stream of minor leaks to the media has resulted in a frenzy of speculative reporting which has the U.S. scrapping large aircraft carriers the one day, retaining them the next; scrapping manned fighter planes or going ahead with all three costly fighters currently in development; scrapping the ability-to-fight...
...Rudenstine, the aesthetics of the University were paramount. Under his leadership, extensive renovation occurred at Harvard landmarks such as Memorial Hall and the Harvard Union. First-year residence halls and other Yard buildings underwent a five-year, $65 million overhaul. Holyoke Center and William James Hall were reconditioned, and countless new construction projects proceeded at the Business School, the Law School, the Medical School and the College...