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Still, an equal tradeoff is rarely exacted. All too often, books seem to have a clear advantage over film, if only evidenced by the oft-heard, “Yeah, the movie was good, but the book was better.” And biographical films seem especially prone to this disparity. A successful biographical film must take advantage of at least one of several saving graces: superb acting, historical interest, surpassing cinematographic treatment or a truly remarkable real-life epic. The following are salient examples of biographical films that have done this; it seems dubious that Riding in Cars will...
True, Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) cadets are inconvenienced by their call to service—but compromising Harvard’s defense of equal opportunity is not the answer. If anything, Bash’s article is a reminder that we should all be stronger advocates for an inclusive and effective military that doesn’t force us to choose between defending civil rights...and defending civil rights...
Founded as a professional school for women in 1909, Lesley University has maintained its mission to provide equal educational opportunities to people who historically are denied higher educations. It has since developed into an institution comprised of six colleges, including the Art Institute of Boston, the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, the School of Education, the School of Management, and the School of Undergraduate Studies, which consists of both the Adult Baccalaureate College and the Women’s College...
...administration realizes that proximity does not equal a relationship. Other than Lesley’s use of the Harvard University Health Services, the two schools have no formal affiliation. “We’re fairly self-contained,” states Kaross. For Wright, such independence does not produce entirely positive results. “I don’t think that Harvard students even know about us,” she says. “I was at a party with some Harvard guys, and when I said that I go to Lesley they said...
McGrath Lewis did allow that if a minority student applicant is considered completely equal in the application process to another non-minority applicant, the minority student will win the tie at least 50 percent of the time, if not more often...