Word: webers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the absence of injured stalwarts Buck Logan and Eric Schuler and sub-par performances by veterans Andy Regan, Peter Johnson and Bruce Weber, the harriers not only managed a victory in the damp, raw air, but "smashed the hell out of them," as coach Bill McCurdy said afterward...
When the University of California at Los Angeles hired Donald Weber three years ago as an assistant professor of English, it seemed a perfect match. He was a notable scholar: the sunny, high-paying California system was considered an ideal place to work. This fall, though, Weber will be at Mount Holyoke College in snowy Massachusetts. Why the switch? In Weber's case there was no tenure battle or political infighting. It was simply that the young professor, 30, realized he could never afford to buy a home in California. Although Holyoke is a topnotch Eastern women...
...Weber, who is married and has two children, did not worry about buying a house during his first three years in Los Angeles. Instead, he concentrated on teaching, writing and scholarship. But he was soon forced to take on summer school and evening courses to meet the $525 monthly rent on a two-bedroom apartment. That meant postponing work on books and articles that are crucial to his career. Even with an after-tax paycheck of about $1,300 a month, he could not make a competitive bid for a small house. "Unless something is done, the faculty at U.C.L.A...
Until the University of California, with its many campuses, comes up with cheaper housing, it is likely to suffer a continuing brain drain. Donald Weber left behind a potentially higher salary and a chance to help direct a new and growing American Studies program. But at Mount Holyoke, he and his family have moved into "an old, beautiful house across the street from the campus." It has eight rooms, big shade trees-and rents for $275 a month...
...just as deep on the track, where Yardling Brad Bunney sloshed to a 1:56.9 victory in the 800 meters, while Bruce Weber and Andy Regan, both from Eliot House, barely noticed the water-jump in the rain as they placed first and third, respectively, in the steeplechase. Senior Paul Jacobs also ran in that race to finish out his Harvard career...