Tina Klein, associate professor in the English department, teaches a new course in Asian-American cinema. In conjunction with her course, she has started an Asian American Filmmakers Series, which began last night with a screening of The Motel, a film by Michael Kang, and featured a discussion with producer Karin Chien. The series features young Asian-American filmmakers working in the New York City area. The next showing in the series will feature Socheata Poeuv's New Year Baby, on April 23 at 7 p.m. in Fulton Hall.
UNIVERSITIES Gift to Lesley and Tufts largest ever to both of the universities A gift of $272 million from businessman Frank C. Doble will be split between Tufts and Lesley Universities. The gift constitutes one of the largest gifts to higher education in the last 40 years, and the largest in the history of each of the two universities. "This gift allows us to move forward with our plans more rapidly," Lawrence S. Bacow, president of Tufts University, told reporters. "His foresight and ingenuity as an engineer and success as an entrepreneur and businessman will today have a transformative impact, 98 years after his graduation," Bacow said of Doble, who was a Tufts alumnus. The gift will triple the size of Lesley's endowment.
Colleges may have to cut back on Perkins loans to students Federal cuts in support to universities have led to a need for some schools to cut back on the money available to students. The amount of money available to students in the form of Perkins loans may drop significantly next year, in part due to cuts in federal support and partially as a result of consolidations in student loans over the last year. The Perkins loan program targets financially needy students and requires cooperation between the government and participating universities. The government decided three years ago to redirect funds usually given to the Perkins program to Pell grants, causing the funds available to colleges to dry up.
ON CAMPUS The fighting Irish make an appearance off the field An exhibition of Irish boxers, Fighting Irishmen: Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820 to Present, comes to Boston College this month. The exhibit features a variety of memorabilia related to boxers with Irish ancestry. "The Center for Irish Programs at Boston College and the Burns Library are pleased to be able to host this extraordinary exhibit. It offers visitors a unique glimpse at the role prizefighting played in the history of Irish America, especially as seen through the Boston connection from John L. Sullivan to 'Irish' Micky Ward," Robert O'Neill, director of BC's Burns Library, told reporters. The exhibition will continue through Sept. 5.
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A dry cleaner in Papua New Guinea, a country where 85 percent of the population lives off subsistence farming, found an innovative way to clean up the streets. When a 20-year-old man tried to steal a pair of pants worth about $5.50, the owner of the dry cleaners turned his steam cleaner on him, giving him serious burns to his abdomen, chest, and back. "The owner has done this to many people already," police spokesman Nema Mondiai told reporters. The police released the would-be thief after they were sure that he had learned his lesson. There is no news on whether he will be billed for the cleaning.
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