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...well-reviewed writer, though of only one book, and that short stories. But rather than agonize over their descent into professorial mediocrity, he and his colleagues, he decides, have "chosen, wisely perhaps, to be angry with each other rather than with ourselves." Wise enough. And when one addled prof goes off his medication and resumes cross-dressing, so is the counseling he receives: no pearls before...
...name three of their professors. Unless your folks are academics or had an illicit affair of some sort, they probably will be want to do so. My mom alludes to a pedagogue of Russian history she once knew, and my dad, particularly around reunion time, will reminisce about a prof who made him write about some guy name Nietzsche. My parents were good students who look back on their college years with fondness, but nevertheless they are unable to place names or even faces on the grey-suited men behind the lectern. I have little doubt that such mnemonic failure...
Tupac's demise in Las Vegas six months ago was supposed to have a cathartic effect on the rap world. In the wake of his death, it seemed that the East Coast-West Coast beef might be squashed. When Quincy Jones addressed Prof. Dwight Andrews' class on black music several weeks ago, he claimed that Tupac's death was forcing a critical reexamination of gangsta posturing in rap music. Reports from the recent Soul Train Music Awards claimed that a new harmony had reigned. The next night, a drive-by shooting ended Biggie's life...
After reprinting one of the passages Nesson objected to, reading "...thirty grand translates into twelve kilos of powdered cocaine and a ticket to Amsterdam." Fenno continued, "From these words, it could be inferred that Prof. Nesson uses cocaine, which is not true. Cocaine use is legal in Amsterdam...
...Many History 10a students did not realize how lucky they were to be taught by one of the foremost Reformation scholars of this century," Martine Van Ittersum, Ozment's head Teaching Fellow for History 10a, writes in a fax. "At a University where many professors loathe teaching survey courses, Prof. Ozment is unique...