Word: disconnected
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...back with Roger to the early 70s, when he wrote a long, fine piece on Russ Meyer for Film Comment, the magazine I edited. He also did an important analysis of the action-film audience's disconnect from narrative - how they would simply ride from one sensational episode to another, without caring about any continuity of narrative or character. When the magazine needed a smart story, Roger would write one. By now TV had made him a star, but he was never a prima donna...
...College’s new policy on social clubs reveals a fundamental disconnect between the intent of the administration and its ability to implement the policy behind the philosophy it supports. This past fall, two Harvard kids almost drank themselves to death—literally—at events held by student groups. Surely this is symptomatic of a larger ill in the culture of drinking at Harvard: Kids here follow the “work hard, play hard” motto with an intensity that isn’t surprising for a student body not exactly known...
...that the ABL program had given students a “sense of purpose beyond grades,” fostered community among the students, and contextualized the classroom material. But Riley said courses must be explicitly designed around ABL to avoid a “mis-educative” disconnect. Also speaking was Anya Bernstein, the director of undergraduate studies in Social Studies, who said she supports the formation of a FAS committee to further develop ABL in the curriculum. Several undergraduates who spoke at the event offered glowing personal accounts of their courses. “Finally, my academics...
That's one explanation for last month's jeremiad by Peter Bart, editor of the trade paper Variety, against movie reviewers. He couldn't understand why so many critics lambasted hits like 300, Wild Hogs and Norbit. "The situation underscores yet again the disconnect between the cinematic appetites of critics vs. those of the popcorn crowd," Bart wrote. "If the established media want to stay relevant, should their critics make a passing attempt to tune in to pop culture?" He suggested we take "a sabbatical until September," when Hollywood starts releasing artsy films in the pre-Oscar blitz...
...wants to concentrate in chemistry, then we’ll try to match that student up with a Crimson editor who’s concentrated in chemistry for two years.”So perhaps the impending reform to integrate social and academic peer advising will help bridge the disconnect between advisers and advisees. Yet the questions of the ultimate utility and benefit of the program still remain. Few would deny that freshmen need advising, however some would quibble over whether a friendship cultivated by a monetary incentive is exactly what the freshmen are looking for.Everyone loves having friends...