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...felt that the book was ready. Acting on the advice of poet and publisher Kwame Alexander—whom Carter met at a musical retreat??the aspiring author and her father traveled to Los Angeles to attend BookExpo America, the largest annual book trade fair in the United States...
...cost-reduction measures. Given the current fiscal picture, the merging of the science libraries under one administrative umbrella is likely part of a concerted effort to shave costs, according to two library staffers interviewed yesterday. “Any plan to consolidate in this climate is basically a retreat??a step back to contain losses, to try and control expenditures,” said Richard E. Kaufman, who works in the psychology department library, one of the science libraries that has yet to see plans for consolidation. “How far can things be allowed to slide...
...chaotic scene in the Mather Junior Common Room on Thursday nights. As rehearsal for co-ed a cappella group The Opportunes winds down, the group’s members are so engrossed in talking to one another that they barely notice onlookers. They plan their weekend retreat??scary movies get a thumbs-up, but movie-musicals are promptly vetoed. The group breaks into a rendition of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” prompting someone to jokingly announce next week’s auditions for the gunshot parts in the chorus. They...
...retreat??if not the first of its kind, then the only one in modern memory, according to council members—was a step in a new direction for the Faculty Council, the 18-member elected governing body of FAS, and a sign of the larger role they hope to play in FAS affairs this year...
Those who remain are so polarized (l00 liberals to 50 centrists to eight gazillion right-wingers) that, this year, the so-called civility retreat??a weekend in March devoted to bringing elected representatives together across party lines—has been cancelled for lack of interest...