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...potential collaboration between the Bok Center and the UC hotline (which the op-ed suggests is imminent) would have to be contingent on broader discussion and approval within the College. Even with such approval, it should be understood that what the Bok Center can offer best is the facilitation for “early evaluations” described above and information on best pedagogical practices. While we will follow the progress of the hotline with interest, the Bok Center is neither a sponsor of the project nor its partner at the present time...
...label potentially fatal radiation sources, such as those found in food irradiators or machines for cancer treatment. Unlike the original trefoil, which was first developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1940s, the new warning was tested to ensure it's universally understood. Starting in 2001, researchers showed a series of motifs to 1,650 adults and children, many of them illiterate, in 11 different countries. The red background conveys danger; a skull and crossbones and a trefoil emanating rays warns of a threat to life; a running man tells observers to keep away...
...came here because you believe in what this country can be." It was a note struck repeatedly during his first weekend of campaigning. "This is not only about me," he would say, launching into a lengthy and crowd-deadening disquisition on how, as a former community organizer, he understood that change comes from the grass roots up, not from the top down. O.K., O.K., it's a fine sentiment. But it's wrong: this campaign is all about him. In fact, given Obama's slim political rsum and drop-dead charisma, his campaign is more candidate-driven than most...
...paradigm of canons, of literary thought, of philosophical thought, and the same for art, music, and science holds the most value to students because it places our modern world in context. Twentieth century novels can only be understood as the refinement of a literary genre that reaches back to Latin novels. The conflict between intelligent design and evolution does not make sense without an understanding of how Darwin’s system is a radical departure from the Aristotelian notion in which each species is a form of perfection in itself. The government of the United States cannot be understood...
...Over Thursday departmental lunches and in the corridors of Littauer’s second floor, Stock and his colleagues talked informally about the plan over the last calendar year.THE ‘SNOW-BALLING EFFECT’Art historians based in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum said they understood their colleagues across the Yard.“I do sympathize deeply with the economics department,” Chair of History of Art and Architecture Thomas B.F. Cummins said. “I understand their concern and I would be equally concerned in their place.”According...