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Still, Eckersley did not believe he had done enough for me. He managed to get every single member of the 1989 Oakland A’s to sign a baseball for me, and he asked his friend Rich Gedman to solicit the same signatures from his teammates on the Red Sox. The next time the A’s were in town, Dennis got tickets for Bill and me right behind the bullpen and talked to me both before and after the game. Over the next couple of years, every time Dennis was in town he would...

Author: By Robert C. Boutwell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One 'Eck of a Guy | 1/14/2004 | See Source »

They hope to hold bi-weekly “town hall meetings” to discuss current IOP projects and solicit feedback from students, he said...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New IOP Board Plans Outreach | 12/9/2003 | See Source »

Also on the CUE’s agenda was a proposal to examine ways to solicit information from students about what courses they’d like to see in the curriculum and suggestions about improving existing courses. Undergraduate Council President Rohit Chopra ’04 and SAC Vice-Chair Sheila R. Adams ’05 presented the initiative, asserting that there was no recognized way for students to register their ideas...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CUE Looks To Ease Add/Drop Procedure | 12/4/2003 | See Source »

...directly involved in the training, which would include some basic diplomatic skills--knowledge of Islamic culture and mores, familiarity with the Koran and language proficiency. The X-Peacekeepers would also have to train for basic policing--how to talk to people, become part of the community and solicit information. An excellent model exists in the 24-week residential training devised for the Police Corps, an elite national-service program that transforms college students into police officers. In fact, Police Corps and special-forces training are similar; both emphasize creative responses in unexpected situations, using scenarios and role playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Time for Extreme Peacekeeping | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...directly involved in the training, which would include some basic diplomatic skills-knowledge of Islamic culture and mores, familiarity with the Koran and language proficiency. The X-Peacekeepers would also have to train for basic policing-how to talk to people, become part of the community and solicit information. An excellent model exists in the 24-week residential training devised for the Police Corps, an ?lite national-service program that transforms college students into police officers. In fact, Police Corps and special-forces training are similar; both emphasize creative responses in unexpected situations, using scenarios and role playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Time For Extreme Peacekeeping | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

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