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Faced with the daunting task of standing out in a crowd of nearly 20,000 Harvard College applicants, some students each year resort to gimmicks—a dozen roses sent along with their application, for example??€”to win over admissions officials...
...director who pays inordinate attention to a film’s characterizations, pace or intelligence; he will take an awe-inspiring visual over a smart line any day. At this philosophy’s extreme—the climactic Close Encounters of the Third Kind setpiece, for example??€”he lets the visuals overpower the story, paradoxically creating a numingly ponderous work that actually robs the soul of sustenance...
...example of the type of old student concern that has fallen by the wayside: alcohol. From all accounts, Lee and the council haven’t asked for it. Springfest at most schools—nearby Brown, for example??€”includes drinking. Here at Harvard, alcohol has been gone from Springfest for so long (okay, four years) that students don’t even remember that it was once an option. Would it be expensive? Sure—so charge for cheap tickets, say $5 or so (and give the folks who still don’t want...
Class size will remain roughly the same. While he and others will discuss further the possibility of expanding on the idea of law colleges—with common spaces for example??€”no concrete plans have been made for next year and beyond. And while the First Year Lawyering program will continue to evolve there will be no total overhaul next fall...
...What Augustus wanted was power, fame and immortality; by having the Aeneid published he achieved or helped himself to achieve, all three. What people want today is money and often there is plenty to be made when the artist dies before his or her work is released. A good example??€”and there are many—is Jimi Hendrix. As we all know, Hendrix had already achieved demi-god status among in the burgeoning rock and roll scene of the late ’60s when he suffocated on his own vomit in 1969. Hendrix hasn?...