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...students, not for tourists—and they have been the site of endless instances of public discourse throughout the centuries. Certainly chalk is no more foreign than black steel trash cans or Poland Springs delivery trucks, both of which enjoy free access. Chalk does not disrupt the equilibrium between artifact and organism that the Yard currently enjoys; it would, if anything, enhance...
...latter-day Bismarck, possessing the diplomacy and guile needed for dealing with the stubborn Prussian aristocracy (administration) and catering to the landless workers (students) through progressive social reforms (heavy drinking). Leo will use his superior judgment to supplement Frances’s fiery emotional rule, achieving a perfect equilibrium of well-reasoned policy and absolute totalitarianism. Together, I believe that these two candidates comprise the ultimate ticket, a golden ticket, if you will, to University President Drew G. Faust’s kooky factory of poor student relations known as the Harvard College Administration...
...short, this year’s tailgate represented a near perfect balance between fun and safety, and proved that such equilibrium can be struck without enforcement of Draconian policies. The tailgate was enjoyable largely because of an atmosphere of trust between law enforcement and students. No one was forced to be embarrassingly patted down and searched for liquids, and the police presence never feet hostile. Drinking and other forms of revelry were kept responsible, and police were able to do their job and make sure the situation never got out of hand...
...neighbors, Pais’ puberty issues, and one ubiquitously symbolic elm tree, and you have something close to the film’s narrative. The character dynamic, from the beginning of the film, is in a perpetual state of breakdown. Kidman finds Leigh and Black in a delicate emotional equilibrium that’s quickly thrown into disarray upon her arrival. Every conversation between the two sisters is ripe with tension, which spills over into the Leigh’s engagement, Kidman’s marriage, and the more central relationship between Kidman and Pais. The inevitable catharsis plays...
...deceleration of the earth’s rotation and a war-related accident in Iraq. The premise behind the prediction, according to Santaros, is that “the rotation of the earth is slowing down at a rate of .00000006 miles per hour each day, disrupting the chemical equilibrium in the human brain, causing very irrational criminal behavior.” Santaros and his porn-star lover Krysta Now, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Cruel Intentions”), work to put the screenplay together, but in the course of their efforts, Santaros begins to reclaim...