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...believe that the function of arts instruction in a liberal arts curriculum a not simply to supplement and support the academic disciplines. It is to introduce students to forms of learning and communication which have their own power, validity, and application, and which offer alternatives to the symbolic modes of words and figures and to the ways of knowing and feeling that they can convey...
While people for centuries have used coffee, ten and other caffeinated plants is stimulants, the natural function of caffeine in plants has, until now remained a mystery, Nathanson said in a report published in Science magazine last week...
Scientists have known for years that plants, have naturally developed chemicals to protect themselves, Nathanson said, but only recently was it suspected that caffeine served this important function...
...composer who wrote half the songs for Citystep's April production. Yamada will continue his work with Citystep this semester. "Last spring, I had the chance to write some unusual stuff. The music wasn't in strict song form, and it all had to serve a dramatic function," he said...
...computers that may be thousands of miles apart is almost as important as the work that goes on inside the machines. As a result, the telecommunications and computer industries are converging. IBM and Rolm are believed to be preparing to unveil a desktop terminal, code-named Mesquite, that will function as both a telephone and a personal computer...