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...getting the support that they need,” said Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, vice-chair of the student activities committee, who sits on the CHL. But Nelson said that House masters, not liaison offices, should have precedence in hiring decisions. “The person to whom [specialty tutors] report is their House master. It’s their job to chose their tutors just as it’s my responsibility to hire and train my staff,” she said. Some committee members said that the communication problems may be exacerbated among...
...years, Le Corbusier, a major modernist architect of the twentieth century, was admired exclusively for his art, biographer Nicholas Fox Weber said last night. But many overlooked his personality in favor of his achievements, he added, addressing a small crowd at the Carpenter Center, the sole building in the U.S. designed by the Swiss native. Sharing anecdotes from the artist’s life, Weber, the author of a newly released biography, sought to introduce the man who was known as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris before his career took off. “Getting to know...
...live cover of James’ “What’s The World,” and superb live run-throughs of “London,” “Meat is Murder,” and “Half a Person.”Interspersed among these rarities are many of the band’s most important B-sides and album tracks. The inclusion of diverse and affecting songs like the politicized “The Queen is Dead,” the tongue-in-cheek “Sweet and Tender Hooligan...
...coins being melted down because their value as scrap, with China the big buyer, exceeded their face value. China's scrap trade has lifted the fortunes of both the very wealthy - such as Nine Dragons Paper CEO Zhang Yin, whose recycled-paper manufacturing company made her China's richest person in 2006 - and very poor farmers who have migrated to the city to earn more from recycling than they ever could by working the land. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...inflation is pushing 231 million percent. Cholera outbreaks have been reported in cities, and the failure to plant crops will leave 5.1 million Zimbabweans needing food aid by January. The World Food Programme (WFP) was recently forced to shrink the food ration made available to each needy person because of its lack of funding from international donors and its need to stretch its existing resources to expand the reach of its feeding program from 2 million to 4 million people. (The WFP has warned that it will run out of money by January unless more donor funds are forthcoming.) Across...