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...Game,” which features an airy, monotone, female-voiced chorus and an exceptional record-scratching-based beat. With tracks like these, there is no denying that “Harlem’s American Gangster” is an entertaining if not vital listen. But as a statement on Harlem street life, it falls short. Perhaps Jim Jones doesn’t have the rap skills necessary to effectively take the standard “gangster experience” (if such a thing even exists) and present it in a way that is uniquely Harlem. Regardless...
...over 200 original applicants. “When you hear Dr. Casey talk, you can’t help but feel his passion and enthusiasm for being the next President of DePauw University,” Jacqueline R. Roberts, director of biochemistry at DePauw, said in an e-mailed statement. Leslie R. James, director of the Black Studies Program at DePauw, concurred with Roberts’s assessment. “One thing that I appreciated and found outstanding, was the fact that he remembered the question that one of my colleagues asked him when he was interviewed here some...
Princeton University has unveiled a large-scale campus renovation plan aimed at preparing the school for projected physical growth in the coming decade, according to a statement released by the university on Monday. The goals of the proposal, the statement said, include strengthening Princeton’s record on environmental issues; expanding common spaces for students; and accommodating the proposed expansion of the undergraduate population—from 4,700 to 5,200 by 2012—while still maintaining the “parklike” nature of the campus. “It?...
...turns up a $13 million "requirement" for dorm furniture - an item that may justify the other services dubbing it the "Chair Force" because so many of its people are behind desks. In response to questions from TIME on the list's contents and cost, the Air Force issued a statement Thursday saying the list contains only its "most critical needs." Lieutenant General Dave Deptula, the Air Force's top intel officer, says his service's needs "are severe and getting worse," and that the list reflects the gap "between where we are and where we need...
...added. "We're building a program right now to do that." Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne after reading Carlson's comments in Aerospace Daily, a trade paper, and told him to remind Carlson who's the boss. (Wynne did, and issued a statement saying the Air Force "wholeheartedly supports" the Administration's proposal...