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...Hasharon, Israel Walling Off Hope time reported on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plans to complete a wall separating Israel from the Palestinians [April 17]. Olmert should consider the history of Ireland's dispute with Britain and the creation and segregation of Northern Ireland; the fence dividing the Greek and Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus; and the partition of India into two states. Did any of those solutions result in cessation of conflict? No, partition does not work. Conflict resolution should be the name of the game, not an ongoing cold or hot war. Of family discussions at his home...
...take the class but the general range is the same.” He points out that the real world experience some extension students bring to the classroom can make teaching a more challenging experience at night.Richard F. Thomas, chair of the department of classics and professor of Greek and Latin, who teaches at the extension school, says the range of students contributes to a rich teaching experience.“The world is full of people interesting and different in many ways, and that is an interesting combination to teach,” he says.WHAT MAKES A HARVARD...
...Jewish audiences? SL: I wasn’t concerned about that. I believe that too many movies speak to nobody’s experience because they try to speak to everybody’s experience. You get at the universal through the specific. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Monsoon Wedding” were influences on “When Do We Eat?” Those movies are about the particularities of their respective cultures, but their themes are universal. THC: How has your film been received? SL: When we showed...
...worked as hard on the thesis, or harder, than he did on this play. If that says anything about the quality of the thesis, the thesis must be extraordinary,” says Spillane-Hinks.Martin’s thesis, a study of ancient Greek democracy through an analytical narrative and a combined adaptation of Aristophanes’ “The Birds” and “Lysistrata,” was awarded a summa on its first grade and is also being considered for the Hoopes Prize. It incorporates an analysis of historical government with the modern...
...these definitions up to a whole new level. Directed by Claire E. Catenaccio ’07 and produced by Paul D. Franz ’07 and Alexandra M. Helprin ’07, the Classics Club production boasted not only a primarily student-translated version of the Greek text but also new witticisms and pop culture allusions fitted to the modern day. Aristophanes, or any Greek playwright for that matter, might easily be considered dry entertainment for college students on a weekend night. But the Classics Club stupendously jazzed up the 2500-year-old play...