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...informal leader among a group of as many as 200 boys, all refugees who had fled the violence in Sudan. In 1991, when civil war brought a pro-Sudanese government to power in Ethiopia, Dau’s group of boys were forced to relocate once more. After a brief return to Sudan, they moved to another refugee camp in Kenya. In 2001, a refugee aid organization selected Dau for resettlement in Syracuse, N.Y. Dau said he and his fellow refugees did not know what to expect across the Atlantic Ocean. Once in the United States, Dau had trouble adjusting...
...desperate search ends in violence, as Belano and Lima are forced to kill both the past they’re trying to escape and the past they’re seeking. Lost, García Madero disappears into the desert with his lover, left with only their brief lives and the stories they create to fill them in. But when their stories are this good, is that really such a bad thing?—Reviewer Patrick R. Chesnut can be reached at pchesnut@fas.harvard.edu...
...Princess of Wales turned traditional British values on their head. It was all right to cry! It was bad to suffer in silence, repress your emotions, say, "Steady on, old girl," and generally act in a tight spot like Trevor Howard on the train platform at the end of Brief Encounter. In today's remake, Howard would be bawling like a baby; or - as we now know - like a young squaddie...
...stability and to recover from the stress of a college environment. This not only means time to rest and relax, but it also means time to spend with family and friends. Unfortunately, as Harvard’s mental health professionals have agreed, the current calendar renders our academic breaks brief and harried with the stress of looming finals and papers and an unreasonably short length (two or more weeks shorter than most schools). Furthermore, our strangely short winter break and awkwardly situated intersession typically mean that it is too difficult, brief, and expensive for many students from distant states...
...this change in the past—most notably an ongoing curricular review which is finally coming to a conclusion—are being lifted. There is no longer any reason for delay. Harvard is one of a few universities that drag students back to campus after a brief winter break to write term papers and take exams. It’s a cruel system that denies Harvard students a full or relaxing winter break and makes Cantabs the butt of many jokes from their friends who are returning home for real winter breaks. Fortunately, the calendar is a problem...