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...that if anything sketchy happened—which [it never has]—I would be able to find people—both guys and girls—to help me out. I come from a town where fraternities are rampant. The University of Illinois has the largest Greek system in the entire nation, and I absolutely refuse to go to parties there. I just feel as if the guys will only be nice to you if they get something in return. I also feel like the social scene is a lot smaller here than at a big university...
...turns out to be quite spacey herself; a pun is also intended since sputnik in Russian means "fellow traveler." Sumire, a compulsive wanna-be writer, is loved by a young male teacher but she herself has an unrequited crush on an older woman. On a trip to a Greek island with her "girlfriend," the sapphic Sumire disappears "just like smoke." And what has started out as a boy-loves-girl-loves-girl love story winds up as nothing but a shaggy ghost tale. No explanation is given for Sumire's disappearance, unless the reader accepts musings such as "this side...
Both Huene and Horst were aware of their own artistic context, gaining inspiration from the masterpieces they saw in the Louvre. They were especially influenced by Greek art. Huene’s gelatin plated silver photographs with their carefully posed models and flowing drapery harks back to classical Greek friezes. In one famous photograph, Horst transforms two large rolls of paper into what seem like Greek columns. His regal model—dressed in a fitted but flowing white gown—resembles a Greek goddess. Both Huene and Horst placed Greek sculptures in the background of their work...
Segal begins with an etymological analysis of the word “comedy.” After offering three definitions derived from different Greek roots, Segal combines them, finally suggesting that comedy is “a dreamsong of a revel in the country.” From there, Segal launches into a discussion of major works and playwrights in the life of comic theater. He starts with Aristophanes, whose name, for many, is “synonymous with ‘obscenity.’” The period’s comedy was characterized by disorganization...
Dixon proposes creating several public high schools out of CRLS. Dixon says Cambridge should have a high school offering a classics curriculum including Latin and ancient Greek, one with a science-focused curriculum that would include the involvement of professors at Harvard and MIT, a high school for the performing arts, and at least one high school specializing in vocational education...