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...Students should become a lot more aware of the caffeine [in soft drinks], and should request that the amount of caffeine be printed on the cans," said Weidner...
...became associate dean of the college at Brown this fall, said she had taught a house seminar with Morimoto entitled "Asian American Experience and Identity." She said she requested a faculty appointment to continue teaching the course after Morimoto's resignation, but her request was denied...
...addition to a general request for preservation of unique materials in the University library system, the proposal also includes requests from specific Harvard libraries. Among the more unusual requests: Langdell Library at the Law School wants $25,000 to microfilm the official law gazettes of Latin-American countries which date back to the 1800s, and the Harvard Archives in Pusey Library needs $100 to microfilm Harvard mathematical theses of the 18th century...
...whose dissertation focused on the college experiences of Asian-American students, had requested a teaching appointment which would allow her to continue sponsoring the seminar regularly--a practical difficulty for faculty constrained by departmental policies and heavy courseloads--upon Morimoto's retirement. While Wu acknowledged in a recent phone interview that there were many reasons for her departure, the University's denial of her request for a teaching post was apparently a major factor in her decision. At Brown, by contrast, she has been granted a teaching appointment, and will be leading a course next semester on Asian-American women...
...point is not that the College is guilty of any explicit wrongdoing in the affair. Admittedly, Wu's teaching request went to the Ed School, over which the College has no authority, and thus the rules of institutional etiquette were not breached...