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...seats on a committee--came back to haunt them. But even financial losses didn't make them heed the voices of dissatisfied undergraduates. Administrators continued to resist dramatic changes in lighting and furnishings. Their half-hearted response--a few couches and a pool table--could not overcome the utter lack of regard for undergraduate life apparent in the design...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Parting Shot | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...introduction to the Core Curriculum states, "The Core is, simply, an attempt to say what it means to be broadly educated today, and to translate that appraisal into courses that will capture the interest of students and faculty alike." In theory, this rings true; in practice, it is utter nonsense. For lack of other options, I have tried to discover my academic interests and broadly educate myself at this institution by taking as many departmental courses as I can. Alas, I have not been a superior navigator of the obstacle course because I have four Chores left. Now that...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: The Chore | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Whatever the latest charges against her husband, he is protected by her utter loathing of the man who brings them: Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Hillary has always seen Starr as a deeply compromised, highly partisan enemy appointed out of political vengeance by a three-judge panel headed by conservative Appeals Court Judge David Sentelle. The Clintons have been dodging his searchlights for nearly four years now, as he rooted around old Arkansas land deals and Vince Foster's death and Travelgate and other alleged White House transgressions. The only consolation was that however much Starr tried to stretch his jurisdiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Crisis: Truth or...Consequences | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...floated last month by the Jones camp is still hanging around. Putting out the President's message while simultaneously claiming that he was speaking against the advice of Clinton's lawyer, James Carville hinted on "Meet the Press" that Clinton might be settle if Jones would agree to "never utter another public word or make another public appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning Paula | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

...telegenic Paxon has the virtue of being articulate without coming across as arrogant. He says things like "Oh, geez" when asked a probing question, and "darned" is the closest thing to a curse he'll utter, even in private. But his choirboy exterior is wrapped around intense ambition. Like President Clinton, Paxon started dreaming about a career in politics at a young age. The son of an elected county judge and a mother active in the state G.O.P., he grew up in the rural town of Akron, N.Y., 25 miles east of Buffalo. By the time Paxon was a teenager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HE WANTS NEWT GINGRICH'S JOB | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

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