"Joe Brainard: If Nancy Was presents 20 mixed-media works from Brainard's provocative If Nancy Was series, a recent gift of the Alex Katz Foundation. Brainard casts Nancy, the popular comic-book character, in a variety of roles that range from the provocative to the playful."

 "A prominent education professor at Harvard has begun leading 'reflection' seminars at three highly selective colleges, which he hopes will push undergraduates to think more deeply about the connection between their educations and aspirations." Howard Gardner is encouraging students at Colby, Amherst, and Harvard to consider careers in public service "and other careers beyond the consulting and financial jobs that he says are almost the automatic next step for so many graduates of top colleges."

 For Democrats in Maine, presidential politics are like summer in Maine, writes op-ed contributor Jennifer Finney Boylan (English). "Even during the best days of the Clinton administration, in our hearts we felt the thing that Mainers feel on these perfect summer days: this cannot last."

With Obama foregoing public funding, the system is at risk. "'Obama's decision may not be the death knell of public financing, but it certainly is close to it,' said Anthony J. Corrado Jr., a campaign finance expert and professor of government at Colby College. 'Public financing has become a system of last resort, rather than the jewel of the campaign finance system. Rather than being a source of funds, candidates accept public money kicking and screaming.'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/us/politics/20finance.html

See also: The Guardian (UK), The New York Times, USA Today, New York Daily News, Liberation (France), Los Angeles Times, Tehran Times (Bloomberg)

http://www.colby.edu/news_events/news_article/article.cfm?articleid=1450614