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...western's long hiatus has also given the format new room to roam. Patricia Limerick, a professor at the University of Colorado and a leading revisionist historian, sees the end of the cold war as liberating. "We don't have to create an image and an ideology of ourselves as heroic expanders of the frontier and innocents who fight evil," she says. "All of that cold war fervor that drove the old westerns has lifted, so you can do more complex and interesting westerns." At a time when gritty urban realism and literal-minded docudramas hold sway, westerns...
...effective writing program must begin in the first semester to have any direct value on a first-year's coursework. Either the course must be expanded to a full year, or it must assume a radically different one-semester format...
Writing instructors could equally profit from such changes. Setting a clear dichotomy between the expository writing instructor and the discipline-specific writing instructor would create separate standards for each. In the first semester, the course could adopt a lecture format combined with weekly personal tutorials. The seminar-style classes in use discourages the instructor from really leading the class; the lecture format would permit him or her to play a greater role...
...Harvard administrator has been able to justify the four-year Expos rule; some agree that it's destructive to the department. Many teachers say that as soon as they enter the program, they must prepare to leave. Teachers agree that it takes years to adjust to the format and demands of the Expos class; just as teachers grow comfortable with the program, they're kicked out the door. There are no provisions for excellent teachers to stay...
Boston University's WBUR lost its claim to serious classical music broadcasting ever since it introduced idle chatter between selections and its practice of playing single movements of larger pieces. The over-commercialized WCRB uses jingled commercials inconsistent with its format and is unimaginative in its programming. WGBH is simply limited...