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...hard was it to write the screenplay for David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men? Zach Watson COLUMBUS, OHIO...
...difficult times, might trickle down to engender the sort of kindness you stress in the book? Hard times don't necessarily make people nicer to each other. I think that's a myth. When people feel really anxious and fearful for themselves and their families, that doesn't necessarily foster kindly feelings. It can create a really bunkerist mentality. I think that there are many wonderfully encouraging things going on right now, and certainly Obama's presidency is right up there. But I think people need to feel confident enough about their futures not to scapegoat others. (See pictures...
...similar movement for common-ground courses is taking place. Concentrators will be required to take the newly created classes Astrophysics 16: “Stellar and Planetary Astronomy” and Astrophysics 17: “Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy” in the hopes that the courses will foster excitement about astronomy early in their undergraduate careers, Charbonneau says. The department has also added three more Astrophysics classes requiring only a basic level of proficiency in physics and math to make the subject accessible early on.Originally, it was not unheard of for concentrators to take only physics and math...
...statement, Harvard is expected to provide the City with additional payments for housing initiatives as well. In early April, Harvard and the Boston Redevelopment Authority launched the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund, which will provide $500,000 in grants over the next five years to fund community improvement projects that foster neighborhood improvement, cultural enrichment, and educational programs in Allston. The deadline for neighborhood non-profits to submit grant proposals for the upcoming year ended April 30. Harvard’s Allston Education Portal, established last summer as part of the Cooperation Agreement, has been one of the University?...
...later, Harvard continues to wrestle with its uneasy relationship with the arts. The Task Force on the Arts, appointed in 2007, is a latterday incarnation of the Brown Report. Its task: to discover how Harvard may better nourish creative activity. As students and faculty discuss how the school might foster the arts, they revive a conversation decades old. “The fundamental issue then is what should the role of the arts be within the academy,” Hancock said. “It is still an issue today...