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After an incident last August in which HUPD officers on campus confronted a black high school student trying to remove a bike lock from his own bicycle, University President Drew G. Faust announced the creation of a six-member committee to review HUPD’s practices...
...Sweet calls the “assumption that video game music is a bunch of blips and boops and beeps.” THE ART OF VIDEO GAMESThe recent recession has illuminated the degree to which art is dependent on its patrons. Economy is inherently necessary to support the creation of art. Video game music composition, perhaps more than any other genre, struggles with the stigma of being a monetized art form—one which caters exclusively to a client’s vision rather than the artist’s. This deeply engrained Romantic model of the artist...
...1980s graphic novel—bereft of flashy slow motion action or stereotypical “KA-POW” heroics—seems at odds with the standard notion of the comic book as a simple diversion for children, and it has set a higher standard since its creation, which other comics artists and writers have sought to emulate. Driven by the philosophical influence of “Watchmen,” the past few decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in comic books, from childhood escapism to serious art, a development noted by fans and scholars alike. Though...
...stricter regulation for banks, especially on the part of the developed world. Banks have to be stopped from taking irresponsible risks overseas, especially when things are good and risk looks tasty. Leverage must be capped. Some firms must be nationalized. Another good form, especially for developing countries, is job creation through investment in local infrastructure. Ineffective forms of nationalism include tariffs on the primary exports of developing countries, arbitrary trade disruption out of fear, and stricter immigration laws at a time when immigrants are hurting most...
...graphic novel—can only speculate as to the assassin’s identity, but Blake knows, telling his killer that their world is a joke before he is hurled out a high-rise window.Creating this world has required years of imagination. The greatest challenge facing the creation of “Watchmen” has always been the legacy of its inspiration, the classic 1986-7 graphic novel written by Alan Moore. Moore, who deliberately divorces himself from all film adaptations of his works—including “V for Vendetta?...