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Question: Can a film symbolically contain all the elements of a vast, complicated and enigmatic tragedy within the microcosmic story of a single individual accidentally caught up in the ghastly mess of - for convenient example - the Iraq...
Some secularists are worried about who will teach the literacy classes. Joe Conn and Rob Boston of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State have expressed a concern about how teachers willing to give the Bible secular treatment would be found, particularly in states where vast majorities are evangelical. They note that Stetson's history sections are almost exclusively positive. "A textbook should offer objective study about both the positive and negative uses of the Bible," Conn writes. "Where is the analysis of the role of the Bible in the Inquisition or the Salem witch trials?" They specifically...
...Uyana is the first hotel in Sri Lanka to construct a wetland system with lakes, reed beds and imported forest. Accommodation is in vast villas - the bathroom alone, which boasted its own lily pond, was about the size of my apartment. Designed by Sunela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka's leading environmental architect, the villas combine wood, granite, thatch and concrete in a haven of elegant simplicity: a haven, in fact, for man and beast...
...topic of discussion at last week’s meeting was the recently-released Compact on Teaching and Learning at Harvard. The report acknowledged Harvard’s vast pedagogical shortcomings bluntly, writing that with regard to teaching at Harvard “the gap between precept and practice may be especially worrisome.” Framed as a compact between students and teachers, the report offered 18 concrete recommendations. These included adjusting compensation for teaching quality, increasing the importance of teaching in decisions regarding promotions, and providing feedback to professors through peer evaluation and mandatory CUE evaluations...
...number of users will have to reach a dauntingly large critical mass before the site becomes a worthwhile investment. And the UC’s track record with events whose success depends on active student participation has not been the best. For a number of years, the vast majority of students have managed to get to the airport without a problem. Those who are unable to take the T (at a fraction of the cost of sharing a cab) due to the timing of their flight, or who are simply uninterested, have simply turned to friends or e-mail lists...