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...THERE! The fourth program in an ongoing exhibition of video art for the MIT List Visual Arts Center’s Media Test Wall, Just Stand There! explores the idea that in many different arenas of life one must learn how to stay still. The artists utilize the structural concept of stillness and reactions to it in order to reflect on concerns internal and external to ourselves and our minds. The topics of the videos range from Cyclone, Coney Island’s archetypal rollercoaster, to a “Sesame Street”-like approach to teaching political philosophy...
...anti-war t-shirts. Just this week, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, two teachers were put on administrative leave for refusing to take down student-made posters in their history/current events classes that include both pro- and anti-war messages. Clearly these teachers have a better concept of a holistic education than the administrative bureaucracies that put them on leave. Though principals claim that their policies are an issue of sensitivity toward those with differing opinions, preventing bruised feelings is no excuse for the disservice these educators are doing to their students...
Although all three operas occupy little over an hour, they are each a complete masterpiece. Each has an interesting original concept which is superbly executed, the most remarkable of which is Dr. Magic. It is truly amazing and valuable that operas by such talented composers can be seen right here in an intimate, untarnished atmosphere...
Along with that concept, Michigan’s attorneys argued that a “critical mass”—comprising a certain number of minority students whose presence is necessary at a university to make other minority students feel welcome—served a key role in ensuring diversity...
...much work on it during games. The Big Red lost four games all season, pulling its goalie at the end of three of them: in a Nov. 16 loss at Dartmouth, then twice in December while LeNeveu was playing for Canada in the World Junior Championships. The concept of losing was foreign to this team...