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Even disregarding Russian policies, the political divide between West and East has barely decreased since 1989. Ukraine is the only non-NATO country to be rated “free?? in Freedom House’s most recent analysis of the former Soviet Socialist Republics, and even democratic Ukraine is the focus of Russian attempts to influence its presidential election in January. Although Western brand names are making inroads in many of these countries, opening stores and making goods available that would have been unheard of in communist days, democratic elections and free speech are often still lacking...

Author: By Ellen C. Bryson | Title: And the Wall Came Tumblin’ Down | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Umbrellas belong to a special class of items. They are vastly useful to everyone, but, unlike their size-specific cousin, the raincoat, they are not individualized. There are no “left-handed” umbrellas or “gluten-free?? umbrellas. They are the everyman of protection from the elements. Consider the case of a lost pencil. You are rummaging in your bag to surreptitiously text someone, but then your eyes dart to an abandoned light-green pencil right under your seat. Of course you take it. Who is going to frantically come running into...

Author: By Anna E. Boch | Title: Under Your Umbrella | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

...their experiences. Joel’s happiness is briefly touched on in his final managerial decision, but what about his marriage, Cindy’s swindling, or the workers’ general ineptitude? In the end, Judge gives his characters one collective “get out of jail free?? card, freeing them from their messy mishaps. This superficial resolution fails to pull together the film, breaking it as a result. Though “Extract” does provide its fair share of funny moments, the film is like a sloppily-mixed batch of cake batter...

Author: By Jessica O Matthews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Extract | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...start to think it may be best to strive for the Zen of Michael—bemusedly accepting the bizarre hilarity of having your boss sing High School Musical’s “Breaking Free?? at you over the phone, the mild discomfort (which upon retelling also morphs into bizarre hilarity) of a rando making kissy faces at you on the Metro escalator as you avoid eye contact, and the mix of other emotions during those moments that make you sure your life is scripted...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: (Not So) Caged Wisdom | 7/21/2009 | See Source »

...degrees out of phase with what we are trying to do here.”“Our method of education is not the method of oaths or the method of restriction of belief,” he said. “We depend on free??not inhibited—inquiry.”Students at the college during the height of the controversy said that most students were unaware or unconcerned with the NDEA and declined to participate in the kind of activism one associates with college politics today and in the decade after the passage...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Apathetic About Loyalty Oaths | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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