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Last week, Mel Gibson’s latest gore-fest “Apocalypto” opened alongside “Blood Diamond,” the violent liberal ego-stroker by Edward M. Zwick ’74, and movie observers pointed to a trend of serious violence in movies. David Carr, the New York Times’ so-called “Carpetbagger” (Oscar observer), wrote a column about how many movies tagged with the speculative title of “Oscar-worthy” are filled with blood...
...this same vein, I am willing to wager that the reason many women choose not to run for the UC is not because they are blatantly discouraged from doing so by their male counterparts, but because they would just rather not involve themselves in the "sausage-fest of the year." This begs the question: Why don’t more women run for the UC? Overt sexism is on the decline in the Harvard community. Rarely will you encounter someone on campus who is outspoken and secure in his or her discrimination against women. However, certain aspects of Harvard?...
Wallace's publisher is celebrating the anniversary with a special $10 paperback edition and a series of "Jest Fest" readings and panels. But it might be just as appropriate to deliver a eulogy for Infinite Jest--not to praise it but to bury it. After all, it did not win (nor was it a runner-up for) the National Book Award or the Pulitzer Prize or any other major award. It was hailed as the Novel of the Future, and in fact it kicked off a temporary revival of the maxi-novel, books like Cryptonomicon and The Corrections and Underworld...
...Square,” Jillson said, but added that “everyone brings their own unique perspective to the table and we welcome them all.” Jillson said that Qdoba’s owners have already participated in Harvard Square events such as October Fest. —Staff writer Shifra B. Mincer can be reached at smincer@fas.harvard.edu...
...tongue-in-cheek references to Paris Hilton and Death from Above? Obvi. Friends with Diplo, the Svengali behind M.I.A.? That, too. Considering how tired of being sexy they are, it’s somehow fitting that the video for “Alala” is a bloody gore-fest. It takes a bellicose group of “Pretty in Pink” rejects, throws them a perfectly nice party, and then lets them proceed to tear each others’ faces off. Gold lamé puff-sleeves are ripped to shreds, and corsages go flying. The sexy...