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After two years in the English department, I—Emily—felt the need to switch concentrations to government. At the same time, Pier was inquiring about a new Humanities portal course and its potential to count for Core credit. The ability to make such choices was the primary reason both of us had chosen an American education over a British one, where applicants are compelled to fix their course of study before even being accepted to a particular university...
...Pier was not much luckier. Although the new Humanities courses had been touted by Dean of the Humanities Maria Tatar as examples of a new educational emphasis in breadth, at the beginning of shopping week, students were informed that these courses would currently count for nothing and that “no decision had been made” by the Core office. We would only get an answer later on in the semester, after having enrolled...
...Stadium this fall. “I think there’s clear evidence that [MRSA] is on the rise, and particularly worrisome is that it’s on the rise among otherwise healthy populations like children and athletes,” said Professor of Medicine Gerald B. Pier. In the final week of week of pre-season practice, a handful of varsity football players experienced symptoms of MRSA infection, according to members of the team. “The first person got kind of like a rash,” said Austin D. McLeod...
...Boston Fish Pier: take the Red Line to South Station, transfer to the Silver Line (Outbound) to World Trade Center Station. Walk one block towards the NE on Viaduct St. Turn right on Northern Ave. $15 admission charge includes half-dozen oysters, and the first 300 shellfish aficionados get free t-shirts. 21+. Slurp...
...scores for Snakes on a Plane and The Guardian. But the Phat Band has become a cause for him, if not quite a career. After all, with his exuberant, missionary zeal, he is advancing a vital tradition. At a Phat Band concert a year ago at the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California, one appreciative listener was the venerated arranger-composer Johnny Mandel, 80, who wrote for the likes of Basie, Herman and Artie Shaw. "You," Mandel told Goodwin after the show, "are where Big Band writing is today...