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However, the Dance Festival won’t solely feature formal types of dance, CityStep will also be a welcome part of the celebration. The volunteer program, focused on Cambridge 5th, 6th, and 7th graders, will showcase dance as well as other forms of creative self-expression. The inclusion of CityStep should transform the Dance Festival from a simple slew of choreography to a real cross-cultural, dynamically-creative mesh of movement, soul, and music...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Ballet to Macarena | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...unlike Williams’ previous characters, Bob is a man of the 21st century whose wit stems from his cultural and technological savvy. He calls his son “home slice,” laments their lack of “‘7th Heaven’ moments,” and sagely explains to his children, “Life is hard. Not ‘the TiVo in my bedroom isn’t working’ hard. ‘Making a living for the ones you love’ hard.” Delivering...

Author: By Rachel E. Whitaker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: R.V. | 4/27/2006 | See Source »

...homeschooled kids turn out? Pretty well, it seems. They're ineligible to sit for exams such as the N.S.W. Higher School Certificate or New Zealand's 7th Form Bursary, which would indicate how they stack up academically against their traditionally schooled peers. However, numerous studies, mainly American, have given homeschooled children a glowing report card: better abstract thinking and language skills, above average in all the main subjects. While much of this research was commissioned by homeschooling organizations, few experts argue against the practice on academic grounds. "Homeschooling can often produce very smart kids," says psychologist Bob Murray - largely because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School's Out Forever | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...editors: In your report on the March 7th meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) (“Tensions Linger at Closed FAS meeting,” news, Mar. 8), you quote Professor Diana L. Eck to the effect that “Wisse’s remarks ‘don’t make much of an impression on the Faculty’ because of their ‘extreme nature.’” This, in a nutshell, is the tactic of political correctness, never to confront the content of a divergent opinion...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse, | Title: Lack of Faculty Tolerance Bodes Ill For Students | 3/17/2006 | See Source »

...city?s famous Neville Brothers band. "You can walk three or four blocks in either direction on either side of the Garden District, and you're like in the 'hood. And that's what makes New Orleans New Orleans." But New Orleans is already changing. In the 7th Ward, east of downtown in an area that got little flooding, Latoya Crump is overseeing work on her mom?s shotgun house painted a pale minty green with dark green gingerbread trim. But she?s heard that most of the African American residents, who rented their homes, aren?t returning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans: A Future by the River? | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

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