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...undergrad, for Harvard has bestowed its most righteous of all Cores, Moral Reasoning, upon thee. Unfortunately, it’s often righteously boring.In theory, Moral Reasoning courses will help you learn to deal with tough ethical questions, and face up to quandaries that enable you to hone your moral compass. Though the MR menu provides a seemingly gourmet spread of professors, readings, and course titles, reality is often more rump roast than filet mignon. The oft-bemoaned core is a product of the 1978 Core Curriculum report, written under the auspices of then (and now) University President Derek...
...Butler is now living in Colorado and is just one of an estimated 4,000 musicians and artists - some well-known, others not - who are part of the New Orleans cultural diaspora. Literally blown by the winds and water to the four corners of the compass, they have left their hometown behind, and the question hanging over the city is, how many will return...
...This week sees the Sydney Opera House world premiere of Lim's new work for didgeridoo, flute and orchestra, and the SSO may never sound the same again. The Perth-born composer was interested in how Barton could reconfigure the symphonic frequencies of the orchestra, and The Compass is about "tilting the horizon point," she says. "In a way, the didgeridoo collects all the low instruments around it." The piece also brings Barton back to his roots. He begins with a chant in his native Kalkadunga tongue, since "the voice is absolutely the heart of what the didgeridoo's about...
...deckhand, Barry Moore, is a $750,000 aluminum boat, Cutloose, equipped with six beds, a shower, toilet, TV, microwave oven and satellite navigation that directs them to any of the 78 pots they've placed on the ocean floor. "Since I started, the technology's gone from a watch, compass and flagpoles to state-of-the-art stuff," says Steele, 49. Throw in quotas and faster boats, and "it's a day game now." Still, in fishing season the days start at about 3 a.m. and leave Steele exhausted. Decades at sea have taken their toll on his skin...
...Council actions, Rice seemed bemused that reporters asked about her mood and the slams some critics were aiming her way. "Look, I am very focused on what we have to get done," Rice said. "I know it's the right thing to do. And unless you have a [moral] compass and unless you're willing to act on principle, then you're not going to contribute ultimately to peace. And, you know, when you're Secretary of State, you only have a limited period of time in which to try and help affect what is a very complicated and difficult...