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...never liked the word celebrity. I like to photograph people who are good at what they do. I think the real problem today is, the Internet has created the demand for so much more information that we need to almost drum up more celebrities. We've run out, and now what we're doing is, we're making them...
...course, not all the executives leading these institutions today were responsible for getting us into the current mess. In fact, most of them were not. But excessive executive compensation was one of the symptoms of the problem, and this is one way of getting it back into line. It also doesn't mean that there can't be bonuses pegged to performance (maybe the President should have that too?)--but it is precisely performance in this new federally supported universe that we need to monitor...
...environmental research in the upcoming years. “We have a unique obligation to engage our students and faculty in solving global challenges,” Smith said. “Through innovation and discovery Harvard can have the leverage to make real and lasting impact on this problem.” —Staff writer Natasha S. Whitney can be reached at nwhitney@fas.harvard.edu...
...assigning guards to do metal-detecting wand searches for hidden phones. But Gelinas said South Carolina's prison system is "short-funded" and cannot afford to divert manpower to searches. "It makes much more sense to use the cell-phone jamming technology that's available," Gelinas says. The problem for state and local prison administrators is that jamming cell-phone signals is illegal and available only to federal agencies under strictly controlled guidelines. Anyone violating the law, including state and local law enforcement, can be heavily fined by the Federal Government...
...colleges with the goal of transferring to Cal State two years down the line. According to a survey released by the American Association of Community Colleges in July, 66% of statewide community-college directors expect that enrollment caps at the state level will boost demand at their institutions. The problem, however, is that community-college directors in 16 states already report that they can't meet the demand from high school grads as is. That means if they get an influx of applicants who would normally have gone to four-year state schools, some students may have to delay their...