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Like Aronofsky, Huizenga also deals with love, and the desire to make it last in the face of inevitable decay and death. In a pair of related stories Ganges sits at home with his wife. In the first, they get into a discussion of the Beatle's song "She's Leaving Home," which Wendy feels is "lame," but Glenn defends as touching. Though the debate centers on a song about a child leaving her parents, the idea of being elderly and alone suddenly causes Wendy to burst into tears. Later, in the second vignette, Glenn lies next to his sleeping...
...successful in my career?" Sometimes we need a push to leave what we are doing and find something that we can be more successful at. However, a focus on individual ambition and financial success is not healthy. If we ignore civility and empathy, we only exacerbate social decay. Our role models should be those whose ambition and success brought about betterment for the whole of society, not just themselves. Robert Pitts Jr. San Ramon, California...
...students have the time to attend the UC’s meetings, so the UC’s website was correctly envisioned as the most effective way of transmitting information about the UC’s day-to-day activities. There is no excuse for its current state of decay. The UC’s banner presidential and vice-presidential campaigns this year should go beyond personal attacks. They should be more than popularity contests. For students to engage candidates on the issues, they need to know where their candidates stood when the chips were down. It is a regrettable...
...career? Sometimes we need a push to leave what we are doing and find something that we can be more successful at. A focus on individual ambition and financial success, however, is not healthy. If we ignore civility and empathy, we only exacerbate the problem of social decay. Our role models should be those whose ambition and success bring about betterment for the whole of society, not just themselves...
...food fix could quench their cravings at the Quincy Grille. But this year, a damaged ventilation duct has forced the popular student-run social spot to turn off its fryers until next fall and halt operations this year until a less greasy menu can be devised. Contractors discovered the decay of the duct during summer renovations aimed at making Quincy the second handicapped-accessible house on campus, with Currier being the first. The vent is “broken, full of flammable grease, and just plain dangerous,” Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner...