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...dramas that audiences are embracing. Last month the searing adultery drama Unfaithful opened between Spider-Man and Star Wars and has held on well at the box office. The R-rated Al Pacino thriller Insomnia has also done well. The unassuming but endearing indie comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding has found an audience, with minimal advertising and generous word of mouth. And Miramax is betting against the glut of blockbusters with four art-house movies this summer, including Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and Full Frontal, director Steven Soderbergh's star-studded but extremely arty movie...
...while the amygdala is busy telling the body what to do, it also fires up a nearby curved cluster of neurons called the hippocampus. (A 16th century anatomist named it after the Greek word for seahorse.) The job of the hippocampus is to help the brain learn and form new memories. And not just any memories. The hippocampus allows a rat to remember where it was when it got shocked and what was going on around it at the time. Such contextual learning helps the poor rodent avoid dangerous places in the future. It probably also helps it recognize what...
While final clubs have long been the locus of social life for a select group of men on campus, male Greek organizations increased their campus presence this year...
...increase in the number of fraternities is a strong sign that Greek life can succeed at Harvard,” Tomey said. “A year ago students would be much more inclined to just think of final clubs on campus, while fraternities were more marginalized...
Sophomore Rodriguez, vice-president of the student government, says students rely on the “medium-size” Greek system for its social life...