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The reason that E.T. is one of Spielberg’s warmest and most honest films is largely due to his drive to make E.T. as much like these children as possible. Like the film’s children, he has an excess of curiosity but a genuinely good heart...
A world-renowned American director, Don Tyler (Donald Sutherland), is trying to make a movie in Beijing's Forbidden City when he suffers a creative drought and can't even work out where to place the camera. He falls seriously ill, and his last wish, as he slips into a...
Against my better judgment, I went to listen to the conservative pundit David Horowitz speak last Thursday in the Science Center. For the most part, it was everything I expected it would be—Horowitz spilling his reactionary ideas backed by historical half-truths. But the most upsetting thing...
“I think [language is] an important factor in studying abroad if the purpose of study abroad is an extension of foreign cultures,” said Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris. “But there are other reasons for studying abroad, and one...
Some opponents of establishing stronger ethnic studies programs say such topics can be addressed by existing departments. However, the study of identity is an increasingly important subject in a nation that has begun to throw off the model of the “melting pot” and embrace many...