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...almost certain decrease in classroom attendance. Professors should recognize the numerous benefits of putting online as many lecture materials as possible. Even the most diligent note-taker in lecture can benefit from another chance to hear a difficult concept explained, especially in more technical courses where a single detail can be the key to understanding an entire concept. As has been the case in the past, some professors will continue to be reluctant to post their lectures online, or even record them in the first place, fearing that lecture attendance will drop in the absence of any tangible harm from...
...with long close-ups, slow pans (using a Steadicam) and editing cuts that are as sure and steady as the music and musicianship. Some sequences create such an ambiance of immediacy that you may have to restrain yourself from breaking into applause. There's also great attention to detail. Demme ensures that no one misses Young's knowing glance to his wife Pegi, a backup singer here, during a rendition of the love song Harvest Moon or Young's hokey wave to the rafters after referencing country great Hank Williams. It helps too that Young surrounds himself with a team...
...called citizen journalists bagged another trophy last week when THE SCIENTIFIC ACTIVIST discovered that NASA public-affairs aide George Deutsch--accused of trying to muzzle agency scientists on the issue of global warming--had never graduated from Texas A&M University, a detail the 24-year-old presidential appointee later explained away by saying his résumé had been written in anticipation of a degree. After he resigned, THIS BLOG TITLE FOR SALE praised the sleuthing as "proof that blog journalism is real." Meanwhile, THE VELVET BLOG pondered updating his own résumé "in anticipation of graduating from Harvard...
...lyrical chronicle of the ways in which “guilt [refines] the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime,†“Atonement†is a breathtaking and heartbreaking exploration of the nature and bounds of humanity...
...necessary to maintain or prevent damage to systems or to ensure compliance with other University rules,†according to the Student Handbook.Many students are also unaware of how easy it is to forge e-mail. “Students don’t understand the technical detail behind email,†says Nettifee. With a few keystrokes, one can easily change his or her e-mail address to read as lawrence_summers@harvard.edu. And while it is possible to confirm the real identity of a fraudulent sender, few of us have the technical resources or the time to verify...