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“Mobile computing is becoming a major part of what students do” — Peter Clinton, p. 15Life onCampusA Faculty Looks AheadArts and Science proposal would enhanceundergraduate learning and eliminate deficit, says deanphoto: derek shaptonThe Faculty of Arts and Science will host two townhall meetings this fall to discuss an academic planthat proposes to combine several departments intoa new School of Languages and Literatures, and reorganizeother areas.Dean Meric Gertler says the measures will help the divisioneliminate its $22-million annual deficit, and allow it to investin the learning experience of the faculty’s 26,000 undergraduateand 4,000 graduate students. “This is aboutenhancing the quality of our programs,” he says.Released in July, the five-year academic plan has met withsome criticism from students and faculty in the affected >>>autumn 2010 11