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Campaign raises Lawn funds
By Kaz Komolafe | October 21, 2011The "Keep the Fires Burning" campaign, which aims to raise the $3.7 million required to repair the broken Lawn and Range fireplaces, received $100,000 as its first donation Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_47204" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="University Facilities Management discovered cracks in the fireplaces last summer, deeming them unusable for current Lawn and Range residents.
!["Like many scholars and practicing writers who also teach," writes Lisa Russ Spaar, "I do so because I loved being a student and am grateful for the ways in which teaching invites a lifetime practice of intellectual, creative rigor and (re) visiting texts in fresh ways." Described by colleague Michael Levenson as a "teaching legend," Spaar is praised by students for giving them "new ways to think about poetry and the recurring themes of love, death, truth, beauty, God and time."
A former student writes, "She expected us to move fluidly between critical and writerly lenses. In this way, Professor Spaar not only supported my developing sensibility as a writer, but also as a young scholar." English department chairman Jahan Ramazani summarizes: "Lisa Russ Spaar is a stunning teacher, one of the very best at the University and quite possibly anywhere in the country."
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