Aiming to please: Bollinger seeks to restore trust to regents
University President Lee Bollinger has started off on the right foot with the University Board of Regents. At the regents' meeting last Thursday - Bollinger's first time at the head of the table - he announced a new compensation plan for executive officers. On the surface, the new plan includes policies that would compensate executive officers at the market rate. Other guidelines stipulate that leaves are solely for research and academic preparation.
Moving ahead: NAACP taps new generation to grow
While the heated civil rights protests typified in the '60s are fewer today, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has recently announced a plan to overhaul the organization in an effort to gain new energy. As the oldest civil rights organization in the country, the NAACP has come under intense scrutiny due to its internal bickering and recent financial problems. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume wants to leave this negative stigma behind.
Shhhh - Some people are trying to study in the library
Three separate conversations were competing in one area of what they now like to call the Shapiro Undergraduate Library. So, because University Reserves does not allow its material to leave the library, I walked across the connector to the Grad, counting on it to be quieter. I even found an out-of-the-way table, planning to finish 15 pages in record time.
Wrong.
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