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...core, Cultural Rhythms is a production that most notably succeeds in showcasing the breathtaking diversity of the student body and emphasizing the common accessibility between cultures. In fact, the central theme of “Cultural Rhythms” may be that all cultures??no matter how different—share a love of and tradition of art. Even during rehearsal, it is clear that audiences will be able to tap into the celebratory energy of the show that is buoyed by the sheer spirit of the dancers. The choreography of Cultural Rhythms acts is consistently inventive...
...curriculum—which I am, I suppose, to the extent that I think any education needs to be rooted, to some extent, in a common cultural tradition. But I would be delighted to see a reformed Core Curriculum that included a vast swathe of “foreign cultures?? requirements, so long as those requirements were selected out of a concern for “fact-based learning,” rather than the deep silliness of “approaches to knowledge...
Porter University Professor Helen Vendler drew applause when she said that Sandel’s suggested areas omit important areas of study—particularly a “foreign cultures?? requirement...
...been attacked by students for questioning the logic behind the recent addition of a “global and diverse cultures?? requirement for incoming entrants to Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Just like Harvard’s own Foreign Cultures Core, this new requirement is designed to give journalism students international perspective...
Stern’s talk is many things—vulgar, offensive and sometimes disparaging of other cultures??but one thing it’s not, is out of touch. Since the destruction of the World Trade Center, the substance of his political comments has fluctuated in sync with the Bush administration’s approval ratings. In the fall of 2001 and the winter of 2002, he alternated fervent celebrations of the courageous rescue workers who gave their lives with crude, reproachful generalizations directed at the loathed “towel-heads...