Word: holidaying
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...paper that we have to write before we leave,” she said. “I’d probably rather write that paper during reading period.” Nevertheless, students appreciate exams before break not only because it provides them with a more stress-free holiday, but also because this gives them more time during reading period to study. “If they shoved everything before break, there could be a stress problem with everything piling up,” said Chase-Levenson. “I like having some of my classes...
...usually have to build it up,” Emig said. The Go Cold Turkey campaign was the predecessor of the Campus Sustainability Pledge, which debuted this fall. During its three-year lifespan, Go Cold Turkey advocated prudent energy use by students and faculty during the Thanksgiving holiday. The new pledge initiative, which asks students and faculty to submit a checklist of the ways in which they promise to conserve energy, is part of the larger “emPower Harvard” campaign. The checklist that HGCI distributed throughout campus asks participants to check off boxes that suggest different...
...dilemma. The humor of the film lies in the hilarious robbery scenes juxtaposed against suburban normalcy. When Dick and Jane attempt to rob a coffee shop, they also demand two iced mochas and non-fat muffins, with the cashier at gunpoint. It seems as if every movie this holiday season is a remake or adaptation—“King Kong,” “The Producers,” “Yours, Mine, and Ours”—and “Dick and Jane” is no exception. Based...
Make your December alcoholism fun again with the “A Charlie Brown Christmas” drinking game. The 1965 television special has been teaching the important holiday lessons for years. Charlie goes from juvenile depressive to play director, Linus goes from psychological problem child to biblical prophet, and the whole gang learns Christmas is about decorating puny trees. If you need to keep your annoying cousins company after Christmas dinner, plop them in front of the TV, pop this into the DVD player, and break the seal on a bottle of gin. TAKE A SHOT?...
There is a fine line between humiliation and degradation, and “Stone” teeters across that line precariously. It strings the audience along through a painfully awkward holiday movie that never finds an appropriate medium between comedy and drama...