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...women. In the past, spaces that have served women and been referred to as a “Center for Women”—notably the 1990 Lyman Common Room—have done little to placate women’s groups and had minimal effect on actual inequality. Unfortunately, while the admittedly well-intentioned women’s center may make for an impressive stop on a campus tour, its impact all too likely will be limited to small, trifling public relations pitches. We believe the considerable amount of resources being put towards the center would...
...what's not to like? After "The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie" (the name of an actual Occidental College course), was there not a need for a doll that "looks like America"? Absolutely, but diverse is one thing, dissolute another. Most critics focus on the clothes, which lean past trendy to trashy: torn jeans, bare navels, platform shoes, microskirts with chains. It's easy to imagine that behind those pouting lips lies a pierced tongue. But that's not really the issue. You could strip them naked, re-outfit them from Cinderella Barbie's closet and still have a problem...
...Based on actual events that took place in 1993, “Eight Below” is a canine-centric flick reminiscent of “Homeward Bound” and the forgettable “Snow Dogs...
...biggest fault lies in the direction. Roth just doesn’t maintain tension; he fades from a race riot to a vision of Jackson’s inner child. Or his actual child. It’s not clear...
...make sure that "that fool" Preval did not win in a second round. Thus the continuation of the opposing political agendas that have haunted this country since it became the first independent black nation in 1804: The impoverished majority will accept nothing less than Preval, regardless of the actual vote count; most of the wealthy elite will fight to retain the status quo and keep him out of power. The election that offered the potential for a fresh start appears instead to have revealed that Haiti's crippling social divisions still drive its politics...