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...completely neutral and opinion-less with respect to UC elections [and] expectations,” Interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam wrote in an e-mailed statement. “The less ‘the administration’ is involved, and seen to be involved, the better...
...speech that should be forbidden under all circumstances. What is clear is that it is the University’s preeminent mission not to foster every kind of expression but to foster a specific style and range of communication—based upon systematic investigation, scrupulously logical analysis, respect for reasoned and evidence-based dissent, and avoidance of ad hominem attacks in the resolution of disagreements...
...should people read romance novels? -Mahtot Teka, Addis Ababa They are a celebration of relations, finding love, overcoming obstacles and making commitments. I think that is something very worthy of respect. They're not just about naked pirates, although what's wrong with a naked pirate now and again...
...this respect, Wong's poetry differs from that of older Singaporean poets such as Edwin Thumboo and Lee Tzu Pheng, who typically concerned themselves with questions of national and cultural identity (indeed, Thumboo has spoken of Wong's "remarkable inwardness"). Wong worries less about his cultural provenance and more about his own isolation amid the boom and bustle of the cityscape. In one poem, he bemoans his distance from his mother: she "sits in front/ of the television every day,/ afloat in a dress too large/ for her body, fanning herself/ with a magazine, feigning contentment." He compares his father...
...lived here, you might look at elephants with fear and hate." His hope is that chilies will help Africa's farmers and elephants reach a tolerant state of live-and-let-live. "I'm not sure we can get people to love and respect elephants," says Osborn. "But ambivalent will...