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...There are lots of programs that connect to undergrads," he says. "For example, we have an active certificate program in Latin American Studies. We probably have about 50-60 [students] this year. There is also a non-credit monthly seminar and an active program for research grants for theses...
Mercurio said the fraternity allows brothers to connect in a way they cannot in most political or social campus groups...
...after Bala was stoned by sophomore goaltender Dave Stathos, the Crimson's hopes were dashed for good after junior winger Steve Moore failed to connect on a juicy rebound that was floating precariously in the air in front of Stathos...
...wonder if we really want to have as much to do with one another as we have always claimed to want. Connectedness--that was supposed to be the desperate cry of a world frightened by modernity. "Only connect," pleaded E.M. Forster at the outset of the century. Inventions were concocted to bring us closer to one another, the machinery of communication especially. Observe a riot of fans at a soccer game and see how close we are. Historically, there has never been as much communication as in our 20th century, or as much mass murder. Communication, mistaken for a virtue...
There was a time when Americans were apt to connect the owning of art with the possession of virtue, but that is long gone. We know in our heart of hearts that the Rothko on the boardroom wall does not turn the saber-toothed CEO into Bambi and that some of the nastiest beasts in history, such as Hermann Goring, have been sincere and knowledgeable art lovers. Moreover, being an important collector doesn't even show that you have halfway decent manners, let alone morals. Witness the late Dr. Albert Barnes, who before World War I became a multimillionaire from...