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...many local responses to the war in Lebanon (the demonstrations at Holyoke Center, for example) and felt that such rallies and demonstrations were not the best way to confront this situation. The Israel-Arab conflict encompasses far more than the recent events in Lebanon, and its complexity deserves a format encouraging informational presentations and discussion, not slogan chanting. It was with this concern in mind that we--a varied group of undergraduates, almost all Jewish, whose other activities encompass leftist and community activism, Zionism, nuclear issues, and Hillel programs--initiated the conference...
Television's latest child is a bastard of sorts. Neither fiction nor straight documentary, the "docudrama" liberally tailors real people and events to fit the TV entertainment format. In recent weeks there have been two such shows based on the romance of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Earlier, Jaclyn Smith starred in a docudrama called Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. In the offing are pseudo biographies of Singer Rosemary Clooney, starring Sondra Locke, and of Grace Kelly, played by Cheryl Ladd. Some of the subjects have been paid or are more or less happy with the results. Others emphatically...
...Advocate's current executive board, while tipping its hat to tradition, is trying to spruce up the magazine in many ways. By experimenting with its format, board members say they hope to appeal to a somewhat broader readership. With certain changes in administrative organization, they believe the Advocate may surmount the financial troubles that have proved so debilitating in the past. And by attempting to draw more people into the building itself, they hope to help it become more of a focal point for the Harvard literary community...
...APPENDIX" to Phyllis Keller's book on the Core Curriculum evokes a laugh--a laugh born of the shock of recognition. Sure enough, there in the unmistakable typeface and format of the Course Catalogue is "a partial listing of Core courses" (last year's). The Big Book's vapid generalizations and inimitable manner of description are here preserved for all posterity, from "Literature and Arts A-11--Theater and Drama" to "Foreign Cultures 32--Political Doctrines and Society." Bound into the volume with them is the account--as seen by Phyllis Keller, associate dean of the Faculty for academic planning...
Officers and committees will be selected shortly, and the final number of club members will determine the frequency and format of meetings...