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...paper is free to all undergraduates. The Crimson has shown its sensitivity to presenting a range of opinions and avoiding bias in its coverage. However, diversity alone does not ensure responsible journalism. The Crimson staff should be conscious that it is running a newspaper, not a public access channel. The shortcomings in Crimson coverage probably did not bias voting toward either side of the debate. The only losers were the voters, who lost the chance to get beyond the poster-like rhetoric and realize the significance of their actions in a greater context...
Holub is less successful when he turns his hand to overt political commentary. The heading of the book's second section, "Trouble on Spaceship Earth," sounds like the title of a Discovery Channel special, and the subject matter is suspiciously similar. When Holub dispenses unqualified environmental advice and chastises trendy scientific theorists, his otherwise sparkling essays acquire the atmosphere of soapbox sermons. The otherwise pedestrian chapter is punctuated by a few gems, such as "What the Nose Knows," a Proustian reverie on the atavistic power of scent, and the powerful "Shedding Life," which might have been titled "Killing a Muskrat...
...This one could run on the History Channel: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). A balanced, almost documentary view of winter 1941, including the very distinct possibility that FDR and his top brass knew about it ahead of time. On the American side, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards and Joseph Cotten as Secretary of State Stimson, and S? Yamamura and Tatsuya Mihashi manning the aerial battering ram. A full complement of directors, one American and two Japanese, make this a true learner for those whose schoolbook days are mercifully over...
...They're no channel for students to voice their complaints, while faculty members have absolute power," said Xiaobing Chen, one of the leaders of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, which has been a vocal supporter of reform since Ge's death...
Still, adventurous programming is being encouraged. Along with some live-music shows and band biographies, the channel is considering a drama about long-distance relationships called Distance; a variety show with Beck as host; a parody of Kung Fu movies called Kung Pow; a pilot by John Woo; and Band of Spies, a comedy about CIA agents who go deep cover in a rock band. Hey, it could work, in a weird James-Bond-meets-anthrax, teenage-boy kind of way. Though more videos might be a safer way to shut Bart up for a while...