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Vanderbilt tries to make palling around with teachers the norm, believing that even casual exchanges with faculty can broaden kids' academic and social perspectives. As dean of the Commons, Frank Wcislo has films and forums in his living room, a.k.a. Wcislo's Salon. The 10 profs who live in the Commons' dorms host similar extracurriculars, and 55 others have agreed to come hang out with frosh. But amid all this bonding with authority figures, there's a risk that some students won't learn independence. "A very small percentage of students see me as a father figure...
MUMBAI, INDIA—As soon as I entered the salon, I took out my copy of “Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Foundations of Modern Social Thought.” I scanned the first page nervously as I waited for the receptionist to call my name. “Modern social theory first emerged during the period of the ‘great transformation’...” the introduction began...
...come to Lakme Salon for a manicure-pedicure, known (to the initiated) as a mani-pedi...
It’s not hard to find a salon in Mumbai, which is India’s New York and Los Angeles rolled into one. As the receptionist ushered me to a reclining chair, I tried to act as if I knew what was coming next...
...felt dizzy. Had I just realized my species being in a salon...