Duke’s Krzyzewski Ties Knight at 902 Victories – NYTimes.com.
Further elucidating my subject position. . .
Duke’s Krzyzewski Ties Knight at 902 Victories – NYTimes.com.
Further elucidating my subject position. . .
Forget the off-to-college checklist of yesteryear (bedside lamp, laundry bag, under-the-bed storage trays). This is “Animal House” 2011.
Double-height Great Room? Check.
Five bedrooms? Check.
Chandeliers? Check.
Then there are the three-car garages, wall-to-wall carpeting, whirlpool baths, granite kitchen countertops, walk-in closets and inviting gas fireplaces.
“I mean, I have it all!” said Patricia Dugan, a senior majoring in management, who was reading Dario Fo’s “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” in her light-filled living room while soaking a silk caftan in one of two master bathroom sinks.
The finances of subdivision life are compelling: the university estimates yearly on-campus room and board at $13,720 a year, compared with roughly $7,000 off-campus. Sprawl rats sharing a McMansion — with each getting a bedroom and often a private bath — pay $200 to $350 a month each, depending on the amenities.
via Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California – NYTimes.com.
Harvard’s Prize Catch, a Delphic Postcolonialist – NYTimes.com.
Snapshot of elite academic politics, immediately post-9/11. I’m curious to read more of Marjorie Perloff’s criticism of Bhabha– needing some further contextualization for her comment, quoted here that, “. . .he has nothing to say.” Odd.