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...prep…we realize that the most effective learning comes from a combination of methods. This video game is part of a move to find new and innovative ways to talk to students using new technology.” Despite Kaplan’s positive outlook, David C. Haley ’10, a seasoned gamer, isn’t convinced that it will make a dramatic difference. “Although this is a nice idea, unless kids want to play it of their own volition, it is the equivalent of forcing them to read a book...
...HALEY BARBOUR...
...millions of TV viewers tuned in to the miniseries version of Alex Haley's Roots, the story of a young man taken from his West African village to work as a slave on a southern plantation. But while the nation's attention was riveted on the depiction of Haley's family tree, the piquing of interest in America's shameful history didn't translate to many other accounts of the transatlantic slave trade...
...Alford, came across the story in old deed books while doing graduate research in Mississippi. To Alford's chagrin, the book was largely panned by local academics, and its story remained in relative obscurity. Though it has remained in print since its release, Alford admits that the dramatization of Haley's novel had burned many out on the subject. "No sour grapes," Alford told TIME, acknowledging that Roots absorbed much of the day's attention on black history subjects. "But the seeds had been sown for that year...
...policy-lite message often helps women - a demographic Obama has lost in the last two primary contests - feel better about voting for her husband over New York Senator Hillary Clinton. "She was really a real person, I was inspired, just in awe," Haley Dreis, 18, a freshman at the University of South Carolina, said after seeing Michelle speak. Dreis had been split between Clinton and Obama but was leaning Obama after seeing Michelle. And while Obama's rallies tend to get the crowd chanting and energized, Michelle Obama's are much more poignant, sometimes bringing attendees to tears. At that...