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...Chinese art history to the domain of general art history. He introduced Western art history methods to Chinese art history...He told us what we could see with our own eyes. He made us see it," remembered James Cahill, an professor of art at the University of California at Berkeley...
...passage to Ecotopia is impossible to buy, because this country of fiercely energized environmentalists exists only in the mind of Berkeley writer Ernest ("Chick") Callenbach, 59. Since his novel Ecotopia was first published in 1975, it has become an environmental classic. Now, after a summer of discontent -- ozone smog, sewage and medical wastes on beaches and fears of a global warming caused by the greenhouse effect -- the novel is winning new popularity. "It's a super book. It really gets students discussing solutions to our environmental problems," says William Hastings, a professor at San Diego Mesa College, who is using...
...Faculty before Thanks-giving recess. This report will include specific recommendations, not only general statements. We understand that the Committee will take into consideration the recommendations in our report and the ones included in a report written by a similar Faculty Committee at the University of California at Berkeley. We hope that Harvard's report will follow the same lines...
...while briskly patrolling the outer edges of modernity in the early 1960s that Sontag became suddenly, improbably famous, for her essay "Notes on 'Camp,' " a meticulous exertion of reason applied to an apparently weightless topic: the enthusiasm for silly extravagance, for the likes of Busby Berkeley and Mae West. "Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style," she wrote. But more than that, "It incarnates a victory of 'style' over 'content,' 'aesthetics' over 'morality,' of irony over tragedy...
...letting Nesty steal the gold. His scorched pride drove him through his winning anchor leg of the 4 X 200-meter relay. He speculated wryly that the loss might even give him the motivation to make the national water-polo team (he was a four-time All-American at Berkeley), stay with it and compete at Barcelona in 1992. In any case, the racing career of this big, likable man was blazing to a close. He is a social fellow in a loner's sport, and the relays have given him the comradeship he needs. As swimming wound down...