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Many professors said they saw a similarity between the new post of diversity advisor and the now-defunct post of associate dean for affirmative action. The Crimson reported last December that the Standing Committee on the Status of Women recommended the restoration of the dean, but Kirby said then that he thought the job was best left to divisional deans...
Going to the mat with the best young competition in the world was a challenge for Ogunwole, who just missed All-American status at the 2005 NCAAs. But the wrestler said he has his sights set on next season—when he’ll have to adjust back to more endurance-focused American wrestling—rather than the highest ranks of the international circuit...
...Much of Japan already has that sinking feeling. A decade ago, 90% of Japanese considered themselves "middle-class." In an Asia-wide survey conducted by U.T. last year, however, 60% of Japanese now rate their economic status as "below middle-class." The public's increasing awareness of kakusa shakai is reflected in the Japanese media's obsession with who is up and who is down. Whether in magazines, on TV chat shows or on bookstore shelves, the domestic debate is dominated by the idea of kachigumi and makegumi ("the winning team" and the "losing team"). Fashion magazines are filled with...
...India has its eyes firmly fixed on the future. Everywhere there is a profound hope that its rising international status will somehow compensate for a past often perceived as one long succession of invasions and defeats by foreign powers. Perhaps there is also a cultural factor in this striking neglect of the past: as one conservationist recently told me, "You must understand that we Hindus burn our dead." Whatever the reasons, future generations will look back at New Delhi's conservation failures with deep sadness at all that has been lost...
...Garment District occupies a little cyberspace as well, peddling its wares online at www.garmentdistrict.com. The site consolidates the store’s status as a destination for vintage shopping—when asked what brought her to the garment district, shopper Sam L. Steves, 16, of Byfield, Mass. responded, “the internet,” pausing before adding “and cheap clothes...