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First, globalization makes a deeper and more nuanced knowledge of the religious currents of today’s world necessary, even urgent. Every student of economics or government sees how globalization has fundamentally altered our approach to international affairs, security, and development. Yet globalization has also transformed the scope and reach of religion. The energies of religious ideas and movements race through the circuits of today’s communication revolution. The possibilities of human understanding—and misunderstanding—are vastly amplified...
...Sciences (FAS) Task Force on General Education, released last Wednesday, charts a radically different course from its predecessors. Designed to prepare undergraduates for membership in contemporary global society, the proposed program would discard the Core Curriculum’s once-revolutionary “modes of inquiry” approach, while continuing to require undergraduates to take a prescribed number of courses in a set number of thematic areas. In plain English, it’s a very big deal...
...physically satisfying as being almost too well-rested. Don’t neglect the many different categories of nap, either: post-breakfast, afternoon, pre-dinner, and 7pm. Any time spent sleeping will seem to fly by at nearly 108 times the speed of normal life, greatly accelerating the approach toward your impending thesis deadline...
...joke while Kathleen E. Hale ’09 and Rory N. Kulz ’08 both brought over-the-top physical comedy to the performance. With such fertile material to work with, it would have been nice to have seen director Pastel take a slightly more adventurous approach. There was something too literal about her direction. The play desperately called for a crazy, surrealist approach that never materialized. Nonetheless, Pastel made sure that the most important elements of the play—the allusions and intertexuality of quotations—were clearly emphasized through the actors?...
...public, President Bush repeats one mantra: the world is "better off" without Saddam in power. But if you read between the lines, it appears that at least some on the Bush team know their current approach in Iraq is not sustainable. Bush mentioned the word "flexible" or "flexibility" several times during Wednesday's press conference and he hinted that he would consider a change in strategy if his generals proposed one. Meanwhile, General George Casey spoke at a Pentagon press conference about the pros and cons of adding more troops to stabilize Baghdad - something the Bush team has resisted...