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College is traditionally a time of transition and new freedoms, the years when young people have to figure out for the first time who they are. The task is even more complex for the growing number of devout young Christians on secular college campuses who feel called to approach this time in a way that sets them apart. They draw inspiration from Paul's letter to the Romans:"Do not be conformed to this world." But the Bible gives few details on how to navigate the collegiate world in 2005, leaving Christians to grapple with tough questions as they...
...resident questioned another plan presented at the meeting to build pedestrian and bike pathways on North Harvard Street in front of the Harvard athletic complex...
...Debby Giovanditto, a leader of the tenants at the Charlesview Apartment complex at Barry’s Corner, objected to any plan that would take away parking spaces from the street that were used by apartment tenants...
Today's pop culture, he writes, builds on rules established by earlier pop culture (as, say, The Simpsons complicated the sitcom genre). And new formats such as dvds make audiences more receptive to complex creations that reward repeat viewing or playing. A traditionalist could say that new media are simply good at teaching kids to use new media, but Johnson argues persuasively that they also force kids "to think like grownups: analyzing complex social networks, managing resources, tracking subtle narrative intertwinings, recognizing long-term patterns...
...accounts of his complex life can be found in American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Knopf; 721 pages) and 109 East Palace: The Secret City of Los Alamos (Simon & Schuster; 424 pages). To grasp the full dimensions of Oppenheimer's humiliation, you need to understand not only the currents of American postwar paranoia but also the tangled particulars of the man himself. Even a generous evaluation of his fate would call him complicit in his downfall. Whether through hubris or naiveté, he refused to take seriously that his years of association with communists would open...