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The phenomenon of multiculturalism in today’s world often becomes so muddled and clichéd that the cultures represented become vitiated and disconnected from their origins. The Silk Road Project—whose five-year residency at Harvard culminated last Thursday evening with a thrilling performance and...

Author: By Matthew H. Coogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reaching the End of the Silk Road | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Unsurprisingly, the album’s haphazardly culled lyrics often resemble an incongruous mishmash of words that aspire to poetry, but largely remain trite and poorly-culled from the original text. Even if one didn’t know the lyrics were patchworked from a novel, it’s...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

One of the film’s most egregious problems is that it puts no emphasis whatsoever on establishing any semblance of Clyde’s backstory, nor can it decide which of the two main characters it wants to agree with. As hard as it tries to legitimize Clyde?...

Author: By Brian A. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Law Abiding Citizen' | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Disconnected landlines in the communications department to save $1,100 a month

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges Find Creative Ways to Cut Back | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

To the powerful teachers' unions, however, the idea that their jobs could hinge on a set of standardized-test results is anathema, in part because many teachers believe the tests are unreliable indicators of student performance. "Our disappointment is clear," says Kay Brilliant, director of education policy and practice for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Arne Duncan (And $5 Billion) Fix America's Schools? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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