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...Today’s high schools and universities abound in courses geared towards teaching people “how to think.” Science, math, and English courses focus not on teaching specific material but on “approaches” and “methodologies.” On the surface, this seems to make sense. With so much information readily accessible, why waste mental space on facts like the population of Russia or the circumference of a circle? Humans have limited mental capacity. Even Sherlock Holmes had to purge his mind of random trivia occasionally...
...thoroughly disorienting as to constitute an experience totally unlike any other in contemporary mainstream American film.But there’s more at work in “Synecdoche” than can be readily explained. Beyond the Brechtian overtones of its self-referential theater, aspects of magical realism abound, tempered but not undernourished. Transposition of a diary across time and space, animate flower tattoos that whither along with their host, and a burning house whose inhabitants tolerate and ignore it for decades all play roles in “Synecdoche, New York.” The film is alive, changing...
...Among gay activists, the Cabinet is revered as a kind of secret gay Super Friends, a homosexual justice league that can quietly swoop in wherever anti-gay candidates are threatening and finance victories for the good guys. Rumors abound in gay political circles about the group's recondite influence; some of the rumors are even true. For instance, the Cabinet met in California last year with two sitting governors, Brian Schweitzer of Montana and Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, both Democrats; political advisers who work for the Cabinet met with a third Democratic governor, Wisconsin's Jim Doyle. The Cabinet...
...joined by freshman James Hawrot and junior Karl Harmenberg.Freshman Valentin Staller is expected flourish with the men’s sabre with lots of experience on both the international and national fencing circuits. Seniors Craig Gorin and Scott DiGiulio also have high expectations in the weapon.High expectations abound for co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter—who placed sixth at NCAAs in 2006 and 19th in last year’s competition—and junior Long Ouyang, who notched 23rd in the foil at NCAAs last year. The upperclassmen are joined by sophomores Hao Meng and Nick Culbertson.Harvard...
...embrace it,” Cartwright said. “The students are smart, they know what to do.”Former heavyweight captain Carrie (Williams) Morelock ’07 will join Cartwright on the lightweight staff, serving as assistant coach.Although the benefits of coaching at Harvard abound, Cartwright is still constrained by time. Just recently named head coach on Sept. 23, Cartwright has had only three weeks to work with her crew. Nonetheless, she has stuck to the basics: “fitness, technique, and fundamentals.” Through these, the coach expects the program...