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...days, the Department of English and American Literature and Language may cease to exist. Not, however, because the University has decided that the teaching of English literature is no longer necessary. Instead, the department is threatened because the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on April 8 to decide whether to change its name from the cumbersome “Department of English and American Literature and Language” to the more concise “Department of English.” University Professor Helen Vendler seemed uninspired by and indifferent toward the proposed alteration, calling...
Indeed, the contest between Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination has provided black radio with several center stage moments. "When you need the black vote you deal with black radio, and that's what happening," says Ronald Walters, a professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland at College Park. (See pictures of the Civil Rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama...
...department that emphasizes concise writing, the name “Department of English and American Language and Literature” might be considered a bit clunky. As a result, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on whether to trim the name to the more manageable “Department of English” at its next meeting on April 8. The proposal for the name change was passed yesterday by the Faculty Council, the 18-member governing body of the Faculty. The department itself already uses the shorter name, with several endowed professorships carrying the name...
...released the presidential results, although the state-run Herald newspaper acknowledged that Mugabe had failed to win on the first round, and predicted a run-off against Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC, meanwhile, released its own tally of the vote from lists posted outside polling stations, and claimed that Tsvangirai had scored an outright victory with 50.3% of the vote...
...weaker candidate with none of the MDC's momentum and little chance of picking up support from other losing candidates, Mugabe would be extremely unlikely to win a free and fair run-off vote. In the past, that fact alone would have been a cue for repression and rigging. But this year's relatively violence-free campaign suggests many soldiers and policemen are no longer so willing to do their President's dirty work. The MDC still claims the regime fixed many parliamentary seats. But reports in the government's primary organ, the Herald, indicate that the regime has accepted...