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...Colell contends that he does not need the committee to effect change, relying instead on "quiet diplomacy." Quiet diplomacy and friendly dealing are not the solution to the minority faculty problem, but the root cause. It is precisely because hiring in the past has been free from administrative oversight that the composition of Harvard's faculty is so skewed today...
UNFORTUNATELY, the specific policy recommendations of the Verba Committee appear unsalvageable. It would be nice if groups such as the Minority Students Alliance (MSA), which has spearheaded the push for minority faculty in the past, could convince the Faculty Committee to reconsider. But from a purely pragmatic standpoint, holding out for the fulfillment of the Verba Report's policy recommendations would be less effective than taking what the Faculty Committee has offered and exploiting it to the maximum...
...Mass. Ave. building site has had a frequent tenant turnover rate in the past few years, but the Glasers said they are optimistic that their large selection and competitive prices will keep the store afloat. The shop also offers a mail-order catalog, which the Glassers said has a circulation of nearly 1.7 million worldwide...
...happen and pinpointing when. For now, scientists cannot say whether a specific section of the San Andreas fault will snap in one year's time or in a hundred, but they are working on it. Seismic silence is one clue. Soundings taken along the San Andreas over the past 15 years showed that the small earthquakes that are a daily event along other parts of the system were not occurring in the Santa Cruz mountains. Scientists argued over the significance of this blank spot in the data. Then a year ago, activity ominously resumed, and last August brought a damaging...
...spring of 1872, the naturalist John Muir was asleep in a small cabin in the Yosemite Valley. "At half past two o'clock," he wrote later, "I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake . . . the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, 'A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake!' feeling sure I was going to learn something...