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...more suited to their environments. To illustrate his point Dawkins describes what he calls “memes,” self-replicating ideas that live in the heads of human beings. Memes compete with one another for the niches that biological evolution has created in our 1200cc of grey matter. As an illustrative example of this process, let us observe a well-adapted genus of memes to see how this memetic evolution works...
...junior at Brown, the festival has already achieved great esteem due to the participation of such celebrity panelists and guest speakers as writer/director James Toback ’66 (Black & White, Bugsy and Harvard Man), producer Barbara Boyle (Bottle Rocket, Phenomenon and Instinct), actor/director Tim Blake Nelson (O, The Grey Zone and O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and the possibility of other notable personalities yet to be named. In addition to judging the submissions, these guest panelists will hold question and answer sessions with the participants, an invaluable opportunity for anyone interested in pursuing a life in the film industry...
...that schools across the nation are coping with the stress of the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath. In Tallahassee, Fla., first-graders at Hartsfield Elementary School drew pictures for the President--and gave advice. "Dear George Bush," wrote Ian Pitts. "It's O.K. if you breate [sic] through grey smoke. But if black smokes gets in your lungs you will die." At the Colin Powell Academy for Success in Long Beach, Calif., students wrote to the Secretary of State. "I think we should sign a peace treaty," offered sixth-grader Arlene Lopez. Many schools held bake sales to raise...
Bright, friendly and French, Metro bends the buck of the humble crawler. For $8.50 have a Metropolitan with Grey Goose or sample any number of beers which are unpronounceable while even sober. Wine, pastries and a bottle of Dom for $179—“If you have the means, I highly recommend it.” (From Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. If you didn’t recognize it, watch it again...
...improve the aesthetics of the area. Matt Daniels ‘01, who attended many of the project meetings last year, circulated a Norman Mailer quote amongst the artists which says, “[The Holyoke Center] expresses a style in architecture known as brutalism, which is unfinished grey concrete. That building is one of the six ugliest buildings in the United States...