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...cooking class. Yawn. How about learning how to take out an opponent with a well-timed kick? Until recently, learning Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing, in its country of origin has been a strictly no-frills affair-think tin-roofed pavilions with old equipment and nary an electric fan in sight. But looking to tap into Muay Thai's increasing popularity, Thailand's top boxing promoter, Songchai Ratanasuban, has opened the One Songchai Institute of Muay Thai, tel: (66-2) 618 5314, a school attached to the new Bangkok Boxing Stadium. Courses are offered at a range of levels. Curious...
...books had titles like Forget Foucault and Simulacra and Simulation, French philosopher Jean Baudrillard attracted a lot of attention. A fierce critic of consumerism, he touted the notion of "hyperreality"--the unreal experiencing of events not through one's senses but through the media. His theories drew a cultlike fan base, which included the creators of The Matrix films, but he was best known for sparking furors with his provocative, if not entirely serious, commentary--most famously his 1991 remark that the much covered first Gulf War "did not take place...
...hate trees,” Frances I. Martel ’09 declares. “I’d rather not look at them.” For Martel, it all boils down to aesthetics: “I’m not a fan of the green and the brown.” While Martel does believe in the importance of environmental awareness, when it gets down to the wire, people are more significant than trees. “The rights of human beings are more important,” says Martel. But Martel’s thinking...
...included many ups and downs. The Crimson qualified nine fencers for Nationals, two each in the men’s saber and foil and women’s epee, and one each in women’s foil and saber and men’s epee.To the average sports fan, it would seem that doing so would put the team into contention. But the experienced collegiate fencer knows that entering just nine into the national round of play makes winning the title nearly impossible. Competing against squads with 12 fencers in the national pool puts Harvard at a deep disadvantage.While...
...parents are both graduates of Duke,” she says. “I grew up with Duke. I love Harvard, but I grew up as a Duke basketball fan...