Word: reflect
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...community, yet it is only one of the accomplishments Kagan can boast during her tenure as dean. This latest success is an encouraging sign of the degree to which Kagan has thoroughly revitalized the law school. Her numerous accomplishments are a credit to herself and her tenure, and also reflect favorably upon the University as a whole. Under Kagan’s wise leadership, the law school has seen the appointment of a number of celebrated and widely respected legal figures in the past few months (including Noah Feldman, an accomplished scholar of the intersection between religion and politics...
...travel, enable students to gain global perspectives that both enrich and inform their subsequent personal, academic, and extracurricular endeavors. For many matriculating students, a year spent in non-academic pursuits offers much needed respite from the stresses and rigors of high school. By providing constructive opportunities to relax and reflect, gap years prepare students for a more meaningful and engaged university experience. Currently, bridge years are predominately enjoyed by the wealthy, whose parents can subsidize a year of unpaid travel and service work. We hope that Princeton’s program, with its strong financial aid support, will extend this...
...Brustein. “I am invested in the theatre community here at Harvard,” Coles says. “I am most immediately invested in BlackCAST, but I’m a huge proponent of theatre and art and the effect that it has both to reflect and inform society. And so any move towards bettering the theatre community here at Harvard, whatever steps need to be taken, I am wholeheartedly in support of it.”—Alexander B. Fabry contributed reporting to this article.—Staff writer Jillian...
...Virginia Tech—most likely would have prevented further killings. But in spite of elaborate security measures, random and tragic acts of violence are impossible to prevent. In situations like this one, it is not productive to point fingers. Rather, we should acknowledge the losses experienced NIU and reflect on our own community in light of these events. Kazmierczak was clearly a troubled person beneath a calm exterior. Although he did well in school and was polite to his professors and fellow students, he also had an enthusiasm for tatoos of grisly horror movie scenes and recently sought advice...
...along the lines of bowler hat vs. cloth cap. As if that were not advantage enough for Thatcher, Britain's population is shifting from the big cities that have long been Labor strongholds to the Tory enclaves of suburbia. Parliamentary districts were redrawn for last week's election to reflect that migration, and the Tories clearly gained. "Social changes are taking place which make the Conservatives the party of the future and Labor the party of the past," says Robert Waller, author of The Almanac of British Politics. "Labor has been reduced to the party of the minorities...