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...only natural that Cox kicks off his retirement ceremony and the release of his new book by bringing a Jersey cow named "Pride," courtesy of The Farm School in Athol, Mass., into the Yard. Except the four-legged herbivore will be renamed "Faith" for the day. (God forbid the presence of an amicable, cud-chewing embodiment of one of the seven deadly sins on such an occasion...

Author: By June Q. Wu | Title: Bovine Alert: Holy Cow To Graze in Harvard Yard | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...what are we leaving behind? For many Harvard students—especially those raised in culturally-starved quarters like the Upper East Side or Pasadena—traveling 60 miles inwards to Athol, Massachusetts might entail more of a lifestyle shock than traveling 4,700 miles outwards to Athens, Greece. Too many study abroad programs operate in elite enclaves, little Harvard facsimiles. Those that don’t tend to bear the suspicious scent of noblesse oblige...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram and Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Point/Counterpoint: Applaud Abroad? | 5/2/2008 | See Source »

...Tsotsi (which in Afrikaans means “Thug”) bumbles out of his existentially meaningless life of violence when he steals a car and only later discovers a baby in the back seat.   “Tsotsi” is adapted from award-winning playwright Athol Fugard’s compelling and humanistic novel by the same name. Both Hood and Fugard cling tightly to literary motifs, using themes of “decency” and “identity” to develop the protagonist from a street-hardened boy to a compassionate...

Author: By Mollie K Wright, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Review: Tsotsi | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

...Palestine, was an early favorite - before Hamas won the election. That reduces the chance you?ll be hearing this: "And the winner is? from the Terrorist?I mean Palestinian Authority?" So now the race is wide open. Las Vegas bettors favor Tsotsi, a South African fable (by Nobel laureate Athol Fugard) about a vicious thug who adopts an adorable infant. Two fact-based films have good intentions: Joyeux Noel, about the three-nation battlefield truce in World War I, and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, a German film about the World War II activist tried and killed for protesting against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Win Your Oscar Pool | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

Foster does not see dance, storytelling, or similar forms as unimportant or limited. She highlights the importance of the mode of storytelling to many disciplines, from the law to psychology to journalism. Additionally, she draws clear connections between art and social justice, citing practitioners from Carl Lindahl to Athol Fugard...

Author: By Zoe M. Savitsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Deborah Foster | 3/2/2006 | See Source »

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