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Double duty for teachers and administrators is one way of making do. At Eisenhower Junior High in Darien, Illinois -- which is going through its sixth year of shrinking budgets -- the principal, Joseph Pedersen, has been known to cut the grass and replace the tile floor in the gym. He also covers one of the three cafeteria periods every day and does occasional service as a substitute teacher. On weekends he writes grant proposals, attempting to get state and private funds for programs he cannot otherwise afford. For good measure, he coaches the wrestling team from mid-November through...
...guys walk," said recently demoted RTC attorney Bruce Pedersen before the Senate Banking Committee. "They get off cheaply or they get off altogether because we're not allowed to do our jobs." Pedersen and his associates claimed that they were among two dozen lawyers who wanted to pursue criminal cases aggressively but were being harassed and driven out of the RTC. Another lawyer, Jacqueline Taylor, says she was forced to settle a $10 million case for $30,000 for political reasons...
This year's recipients were Baird Professor of Science Edward O. Wilson, Assistant Professor of History Susan G. Pedersen and Teaching Fellow in History Robert D. Johnson...
...Pedersen, professor of several courses oncontemporary British history, received the"Outstanding Junior Faculty Award." Her studentscited her well planned lectures, innovativeassignments and efforts to address her students'"personal and academic concerns" outside of theclassroom as reasons for nominating...
...Susan Pedersen is the only one of my historyprofessors who still stops to say hello to me whenwe meet in the street, over a year after I was inher class," said one of the students who nominatedher. "It is not surprising that she inspireslong-lasting respect and affection in herstudents...