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...depict Ahmadinejad as dangerous and anti-Semitic, but his interview showed rather a different side. His replies were fairly rational, and you cannot fault him for being an extremist. He may have a very conservative Islamic side, but many Republicans have a conservative Christian side. For those who are critically skeptical of anything Muslim, his words might ring hollow and farcical. But if we are not to judge him with a double standard, then at least he should be given the benefit of the doubt. Barry Lee Hong Kong Ii read the interview with Ahmadinejad with great pleasure. He answered...
Book reviewer Lev Grossman's Essay about his feud with a blogging critic initially made me think, Great--a critic got a taste of his own medicine [Sept. 25]. But I read on and found out Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature...
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, a frequent critic of the current Core Curriculum, said he was already impressed by the outlines of the proposal as described in news reports. “It’s a structure that proceeds from a sensible rationale, based on observing the ways in which the student body has changed over the years,” Lewis said over the phone last night...
...American Society of Landscape Architects yesterday awarded two Graduate School of Design faculty members with Excellence in General Design, the highest award the society bestows. Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture Michael Van Valkenburgh and Design Critic in Landscape Architectire Michael J. Blier each coordinated projects with their design firms to win the two awards of excellence. The recipients were selected from a pool of 500 nominees. Van Valkenburgh and his firm, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, are receiving the award for a seven-year landscaping plan at Wellesley College. The firm is in the midst of redesigning 13.5 acres...
...into animé and skating, and runs a decidedly un-gangsta blog. Plus he wears glasses, and while he claims they’re Cartier frames, he’s still a mite nerdy: four-eyes Fiasco. That bookishness suits him. He’s a talented social critic, and he doesn’t have West’s often questionable intentions to blur the message. He pulls off inner-city tragedy poignantly and acerbically exposes hip-hop hypocrisy, spitting “Now come on everybody, let’s make cocaine cool / We need a few more...