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Over 650 professors are considered members of the Faculty and are thereby eligible to attend full meetings. Only 174 signed in to the most recent. The Administration actually anticipates this sort of abysmal turn-out. The room in which meetings are held can only hold 250. We are dismayed by so many professor's apparent disinterest in the affairs of our school...
Whatever the motivation, all suicidal behavior must be taken seriously since self-destructive behavior can be carried out without a good knowledge of anatomy or pharmacology, and a cry for help can inadvertently turn into a terminal event. As I mentioned before, the knowledge that there is someone who cares and is responsive is often life saving, but it should be seen only as a first step--as a conduit to professional resources. Experienced clinicians can help the individual keep options open and better understand the underlying troubles and conflicts and the range of realistic choices that life...
...Shagadelic!"), along with Star Trek- and King of the Hill-themed cards. Unfortunately, the site's obnoxious registration form requires personal data, such as year of birth and zip code, before letting you send a card. For photo-realistic images, nothing tops the selection at Corbis.com which lets visitors turn any of its thousands of high-resolution art and nature images into digital postcards. The one catch: www.corbis.com prominently appears on each card, making it feel more like an ad than a simple greeting...
...York [NATION, March 1]. Wall Street loves anyone who has the expertise to earn nearly $100,000 on a $1,000 investment. As a lawyer from a firm with a somewhat checkered past, she meets that prerequisite for political service. But most important, by demonstrating the ability to turn her husband's escapades into a right-wing conspiracy, she has mastered that most cherished of political qualities, "the spin." She has learned from the best. TED GROB West Des Moines, Iowa...
...constant search for an honor I might decline, I announced some years ago that I didn't want a service area on the New Jersey Turnpike named after me. It seems unlikely that the Turnpike Authority, which had honored a number of Garden State luminaries in that manner, would turn to an ordinary driver who is not from New Jersey, but I thought that nipping the idea in the bud was the sort of thing a prudent citizen did in preparing for his eventual demise. So I was surprised to learn last week that Joe DiMaggio--a man who raised...