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...which the oil was coming out,” said that creating a committee in which all members are highly knowledgeable about every detail of the committee's charge—in this case, the BP oil spill—is nearly impossible, particularly given the sheer size of the current catastrophe. A committee with members who specialize in different, yet relevant, areas of the issue at hand is a better fit to deal with complex disasters, Rice said...
Current Corporation members acknowledge that the recent past has been marked by a dearth of direct interaction with the community, though that may have stemmed from the sheer size of the University rather than their lack of will...
...some of the OSL’s shortcomings could be due to the sheer mass of student groups, around 400 in total, Nelson says...
...surround the UC this year. Over the summer, the council attempted to raise $6 million in an ill-conceived and complex strategy to build a new student center at 45 Mount Auburn St. The ineffective campaign barely covered its own operating costs, netting only $700, and out of sheer embarrassment, the UC spun the campaign off as a completely separate entity upon the start of the school year...
Before I go, I just want to be transparent about a few things. I’m a washed-up senior who is grumpy about leaving and somewhat emotionally unstable due to fear of the unknown. Because of sheer apathy, I haven’t written a single article this semester...