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...Harvard musicians. ELITE OF THE ELITEAccording to Levin, the NEC/Harvard program emerged after “years of discussion between the two institutions.” Details about the history of the negotiations are murky, but a group of administrators such as Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and NEC President Daniel Steiner ’54 succeeded in implementing the program this fall. “We recognized [the joint program] was in both of our interests,” Steiner says. “NEC was losing students because the students wanted...

Author: By Ndidi N. Menkiti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Could NEC Save Music Training at Harvard? | 12/15/2005 | See Source »

...action cuts to the three protagonists waking up in Mick’s junk-yard residence, bound as his prisoners, the movie becomes intensely dark. Strings of bullet shots, chases through the desert, exploding cars, and intense silences make the film a heart-stopping thriller more than a gross-out horror movie. Additionally, McLean offers the American audience extraordinary footage of this vast and untamed area of Western Australia. Wolf Creek, a park at the top of a meteor crater, is one of the fantastic shots in the panoply of natural beauty the movie shows. The acting of the trio...

Author: By Noah S. Bloom, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wolf Creek | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...proposition due to concerns that groups might need more permanent space. But discussion of the specific process of allocating space was postponed to later meetings. The report will be proposed directly to the subcommittee on the student space in Hilles formed by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, and aims to “provide a rationale on development on Hilles,” said UC president Matthew J. Glazer ’06. “Hilles has a great potential to improve student life,” said Amadi P. Anene...

Author: By Victoria Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Issues Report on Hilles Space | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan is trying to abolish himself. The enlightened monarch of this tiny Himalayan kingdom, who has introduced such innovations as the use of a Gross National Happiness index to measure Bhutan's wealth, is now urging his people to get rid of him. "Monarchy is not the best form of government," he said last month at a stop on his anti-royalty campaign in the northern town of Haa. "It has many flaws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down with The King? | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...further discussion on reducing subsidies, not now or in 2008, when Britain hopes to secure a mid-term review of spending priorities. Indeed, the biggest accomplishment Blair can claim is creating a ... BUDGETARY BROUHAHA On paper, the E.U. budget amounts to a meager sum, roughly 1% of the gross national income of all member states - substantially less than the annual €180 billion-plus they spend, in aggregate, on defense, for instance. Yet the debate over allocating this money creates rivalries that sometimes seem to need all those armies and tanks just to keep the peace. This year, rivalries appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Better Luck Next Year | 12/10/2005 | See Source »

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