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...Each of the new masters—Professors Rakesh Khurana, Doug Melton, and Christie McDonald—are leading scholars in their fields," Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds said in a statement. "But more important than their scholarly contributions, they are, alongside their spouses, wonderful, outgoing people who have a passion for working with and mentoring students...
Dean of Continuing Education and University Extension Michael J. Shinagel said in a statement yesterday that the University will continue to evaluate suggested name changes, but is not prepared to make a decision at this time...
...essay’s attack on the children of the “American socioeconomic elite” rests on conjecture and not a single statement of fact other than an imperfect perception of general campus trends. It suggests that to predict someone’s morality and future conduct all we need to find out is how much money his or her daddy makes. This is just as inappropriate as the commonly held but false belief that Americans on welfare are lazy good-for-nothings looking for a taxpayer handout...
...East Jerusalem that had triggered a crisis during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's recent visit to Israel. And the White House made no effort to conceal the discord, condemning new Israeli construction plans revealed during Netanyahu's visit and dispensing with the traditional photo opportunity and joint statement during Netanyahu's White House visit Tuesday evening. While U.S. officials sought to press Netanyahu to make a series of gestures to build Palestinian confidence in a new round of talks, the episode has instead reinforced the widespread skepticism of the prospects for the Netanyahu government and the Palestinian leadership being...
...Times posted its story on the accused priest, Father Lawrence Murphy, who died in 1998, the Holy See responded on the Web. In a statement linked on the Vatican's brand new Twitter account, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Papal spokesman, declared, "By sexually abusing children who were hearing-impaired, Father Murphy violated the law and, more importantly, the sacred trust that his victims had placed in him." But Lombardi defended the decision not to remove Murphy from the "clerical state," saying the priest was "elderly and in very poor health" and that he was "living in seclusion...