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...apathy is not the right way to characterize young Americans’ regard for the issues that face them. Maybe they care so much that they become all the more frustrated—and apt to give up altogether on politics—when they don’t feel they are listened to. Maybe they then decide to fight the only way that they know how, the only way that they can witness results, the only way that they feel their efforts make an immediate difference, and so turn to community service...
...summer later, it seemed everyone on campus was listening to Radiohead. The band’s tone of alienation and danger—more than one reviewer has found the word “unwell” an apt term for their feel—touched a nerve in America, which speaks volumes about how quickly things changed. The band’s frontman, Thom Yorke, admits puzzlement at why they continue to catch on, telling a reporter he’s “never been able to understand why so many people...
...that the experience can ultimately be positive. In the early 1990s, Gerner's research comparing more than 1,000 students in Egypt, Thailand and the U.S. verified what everyone knew anecdotally: children growing up in different countries are more open to other cultures and languages and are less apt to stereotype...
...Radcliffe Women’s Action Coalition, a task force of the Radcliffe Union of Students, launched a postering campaign against the final clubs. “Support Your Local Bastion of Classist Patriarchal Elitism—Go to a Final Club Party” read one apt sign...
...allow Guangdong residents to visit Hong Kong without having to join a group tour, and by the time the bridge is complete, Hong Kong Disneyland will be operational and Macau may have a new crop of Las Vegas-style casinos. Wu wants to name the project "Handover Bridge," an apt title for a span that could finally connect one country's two systems...