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...Council’s bottom-line—and a considerable investment in building student confidence.However, we still have concerns regarding the allocation of UC funding—which earmarks a portion of its yearly budget to be used at the discretion of the HCC—and the somewhat hasty arrangements that went into the planning for Wyclef. The HCC was assembled only this past August, leaving a remarkably short timespan for the new members to get into the logistics of securing a big-name act. We are aware that student representatives and leaders began ruminating on the numerous...
...diaries make for somewhat melancholy reading in their second half, it's only because California, famously narcotic, began to sap his energy and sharpness. More and more of his entries dwindle into local gossip and silly worries about his boyfriends and his weight. He was always better suited to being a camera than a mirror. Yet even at his weakest, he earns our trust with his entirely human cries of "God, make me pure--but not just...
...Invention of the Modern Self,” which he will offer again next fall – says he wanted to create an accessible biography “that made Rousseau’s life interesting to the ordinary reader. The existing biographies of him, while thorough, are somewhat long and boring.” “Most people have heard of ‘The Social Contract,’” Damrosch says, referring to Rousseau’s 1762 book outlining the contours of a legitimate political system. “But that?...
...licorice” and “delicious;” it’s something so tasty, so lip-smackingly good that you can’t help wanting a piece. “The Craft,” the Sacramento duo’s third album, somewhat surprisingly released on the self-styled “Indie Punk and Hardcore” label Epitaph’s Anti imprint, has Gift of Gab and Chief Xcel poised for widespread success. Since 1999’s “A2G” EP launched the group into the ranks...
...Sure, hip-hop legends like De La Soul have been known to pull off entertaining skits (“Brain-Washed Follower” is a stand-out example), KMD’s albums are peppered with them, and even “Madvillainy” features a somewhat light-hearted paean to the glories of “grass.” But having almost every track either begin and/or end with a skit seriously impacts the repeat listening capacity of the album...