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Whereas VES already includes students who focus on filmmaking, Rentschler said that film studies would “involve thinking about and reflecting on artistic endeavor...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lights, Camera...Film Studies | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

...touch the hand. That is one of the first things you learn if you endeavor to learn anything about Donald Trump. Despite his reputation as America's most public--and publicized--billionaire, the germ-phobic Trump hates to shake hands. So I am taken aback when, in the reception room of his Trump Tower office, he proffers his mitt. "You look like a clean guy," he says. (Little does he know I have a 2-year-old at home sneezing up a day-care center's worth of cold viruses. Sorry, Donald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Art Of The Real | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...Last Samurai is a cliché wrapped in a stereotype, with the entire endeavor ultimately resting on the filmmakers’ belief that their audience will swallow the movie with the unthinking ardor of a sumo wrestler breaking fast at a sushi bar. Lush cinematography aside, The Last Samurai resounds as a rant (produced in Hollywood!) against the ills of globalization. The movie’s white characters are essentially portrayed as terrorists, and Cruise’s character can be redeemed only after he rejects his western thinking and dress (though he ultimately proves his superiority to the Japanese...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...There is no question that to develop democracy is part of our endeavor,” the third highest ranking Chinese official said through a translator, but “development in China is a big step to be taken first...

Author: By Alexander Turnbull, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: China’s Wen Talks Trade, Reforms | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

This despite Bush’s offering the richest, most sweeping AIDS-relief package in history. (Indeed, the president’s endeavor will reach 14 developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean.) Either the HAC doesn’t realize that fact or they’re just being insincere. Even if they are aware of Bush’s plan and consider it insufficient, that’s no excuse for such dishonest character assassination. The HAC should be embarrassed...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: In Defense of Bush's AIDS Policy | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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