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...When asked how long she would stay in office, Faust said only that she hoped to have “a long and successful term,” noting Bok’s prediction at an earlier press conference that she would serve 30 or 40 years. On the subject of her predecessor, Faust said that of all of former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ qualities, the one she wished she could emulate most were his “sharp analytic skills.” “Larry has always been very good at identifying problems...
...university as a whole by incentivizing freshmen to stay away from the houses. Outside the Yard’s walls, however, there are real opportunities to invigorate a decrepit social scene. Gatherings in upperclass houses, which were the original target of the UC party fund, are not subject to such crippling restrictions. With alcohol flowing freely, there is an actual need for more funds in order to satisfy partygoers, and the tap frequently runs dry before parties formally end. And while no self-respecting junior or senior would be caught dead in Wigglesworth or Weld, freshmen attend upperclass parties frequently...
...always has been a controversial writer. And it’s hard to think of an historical figure more synonymous with the word “controversial” than Adolf Hitler. So when Mailer publishes his first novel in a decade, and it takes as its subject the deeds of Hitler, one expects a certain amount of controversy; but when the pre-release press for “The Castle in the Forest” focused almost exclusively on Mailer’s decision to include a bibliography, it was a sign that something was wrong.As it turns...
...committee, as is the case now, will submit its suggested allotment figures to the UC floor. In the past, it is there that the numbers have tended to fall subject to further debate...
William James is the archetypal masked villain of American academia. Seldom seen on curricula, mentioned in hushed tones, his finger is seen on every subject from linguistics to comparative government. His ideological foes curse his philosophical ideas as self-evident and foolish, but few have been around him long enough to even know what they’re denouncing. In his ambitious book on James, biographer Robert Richardson illuminates the life and ideas of this oft-cited father of pragmatism with unprecedented clarity, though many of his attempts to legitimate James’ thought only deepen the subject?...