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...officer was dispatched to Au Bon Pain to take a report of an unarmed robbery. The reporting party stated that while they were outside three unknown individuals approached them and made bias related comments and then attempted to steal their laptop and book bag. The reporting party stated that they grabbed their laptop and book bag and made their way inside the building. The reporting party stated that the three individuals then fled the area...
...Hawaiian word for mixed race) is published by Temple University Press. Why the book did not find a commercial publisher is a mystery. The writing is vigorous, and Chai's descriptions of the murderous winters and corrosive boredom of the Great Plains are compelling. Besides, Chai is hardly an unknown: The Girl from Purple Mountain, the World War II family history she co-authored with her father, was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award. Could it be racism, stalking the hapa girl once again...
Mulch. Danger. These are two words that don’t appear in the same sentence all too often. Until now. Residents of Winthrop House have recently experienced a number of mini-fires in the mulch beds lining Standish courtyard, and while the exact cause of the fires is unknown, unextinguished cigarette butts are high on the suspect list. Two small conflagrations have been witnessed in the same mulch bed outside Winthrop’s E-entryway in the past month. The scene of the (alleged) crime is in a prime location for smokers to take a few drags, says...
Most concentrations at the College only grant one or two pass-fail concentration credits, with few exceptions. This allows little opportunity for academic exploration, despite the advantages it would bring. The ability—and desire—to pursue studies in unknown or challenging areas is fundamental to creating the broad and inquisitive perspective necessary for genuine scholarship. Indeed, this is the goal of a liberal arts education, “an education conducted in a spirit of free inquiry undertaken without concern for topical relevance or vocational utility,” as the Task Force on General Education...
...Jack surely loved those "strangler" metaphors. But he retired, three years ago, with his own neck untouched. He came to Hollywood an unknown quantity and left this world its most legendary hypester. Veni, vidi, Valenti...