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...March Party, strangers and friends alike joined hands, took each other by the waists, and spun each other ’round and ’round to the upbeat rhythms of a live musical ensemble. While some, like Corcairdhearg members, did shine in their element, other novice Irish dancers had just as good of a time laughing over missed beats and stumbled steps. “At the root of it, it’s a traditional, cultural, fun, social, rhythmic, musical activity that I love,” says Fallon. O’Brien resonates this sentiment...
After a tragedy such as this, video games often receive immediate scrutiny. The games can have violence only matched by films, but with the added element of a player’s interaction. Studies may have found corollary evidence linking violent games to violent behavior, but, as anyone who has taken even the most basic statistics class can remind us, correlation does not equal causation, and there is no convincing evidence of a causal effect here. There are simply too many lurking variables—socially awkward teenagers may play violent video games, but so do many perfectly happy teens...
...Gavin DeGraw and Wu Tang Clan on stage last year, and Third Eye Blind in 2007, many criticized the CEB for selecting artists who were past their primes. Both Ratatat and Bareilles, on the other hand, are up-and-coming performers who, while perhaps less well known, offer an element of freshness that is a welcome change. Bareilles’s career just picked up momentum in late 2007, while Ratatat began its musical ascension in 2004. As for logistics, the CEB seems to be off to a good start. Earlier this year, the organization polled students for their preferences...
...Medicare and Medicaid. They were delighted when Obama controversially included $1.1 billion in the stimulus to study the cost effectiveness of the programs. "Health care is the most important part of entitlement reform," says Cooper, "so in a sense, he's advancing strongly on the most important element." (Read TIME's cover story "The Health Care Crisis Hits Home...
...space installation.”Yuan used black yarn to create dark silhouettes of chairs, offset by a white canvas. The organic nature and familiarity of the yarn evokes an intimate nostalgia. Hugging Yuan’s work—literally, as the two elements are joined by black tape—is a clock and picture frames created by Martin. The clock’s face is marked by linear strokes radiating outwards from the center. The rectangular picture frame hangs freely in the middle of the room. A piece of prose excerpted from a text about the events...