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Aside from a number of vague references toBritish politics and an unconvincing attempt touse a fictitious book of the same title as asymbol of the "dream within a dream," The Houseof Sleep remains a particularly strong story.Its diverse characters effectively confront anumber of modern issues as the reader watches themmature, and the novel's structure allows secretsto remain hidden until precisely the point atwhich they would best be revealed. Keep this storyin mind when you're looking for your nextnighttime read; rest assured, you'll probably begetting a better night's sleep than thecharacters
...take on these pictures is this: they force you to confront disturbing questions of a metaphysical variety. Is this young man, not noticeably different from anyone else I see in the dining hall, really the same person as this middle-aged man, who himself is not noticeably different from any of my parents' friends? And what happened in those intervening years? How does one metamorphose out of a gangly 22 year-old, posing with an awkwardly self-conscious smirk, into a stolid 47 year-old whose smug grin is nothing if not genuine and unaffected...
Calling It Rape, directed by Anna C. Lewis '99, travels around New England encouraging students to actively confront questions of acquaintance rape...
California's ballot propositions are the nation's most captivating political system. The attention given to these measures by The New York Times, The Crimson and on network news underline their importance and genuine popularity. Propositions, or "initiatives," in the formal wording of the state constitution, confront headline issues like health care and immigration in soundbite packages that make them easy to explain and entertaining to watch. However, this landmark system has been weakened in recent years, and it is time for California and those who watch its politics to change the proposition process in order to maintain its power...
...hope that I communicate the value ofrigorous social science research to helpilluminate important social processes and issuesthat confront us all," he writes. "[I hope] thatstudents are inspired to think in new and evermore creative ways about the African Americanexperience...