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After a deafening roar shook Louisville in mid-April, the basketball-crazy burg is back to a low hum. The big noise arose when University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino released a statement that alleged he was the subject of an extortion attempt. It persisted for nearly a week, until Karen Sypher was charged in federal court with extortion and lying to the FBI. She was indicted...
...students tour the factory floor, where they observe some of the 220 steps (and 20 hours) that go into making a single jacket. Some 1,500 suits a week are turned out, with prices ranging from $3,385 off the rack to $4,740 custom-made. In the silent hum of the manual assembly line, the students can see the 60 stitches that go into one buttonhole and watch the fabric being hand-cut with 13-in. scissors. Still, most of their time is spent, needle and thread in hand, in a brightly lit third-floor classroom overseen...
...report would be top news, but unfortunately, on its 10th anniversary, the State of the Air seems dwarfed by a much more sinister pollutant lingering in our atmosphere: swine flu ... or Mexico flu ... or flu flu - however you slice it, the toxins we breath every day seem ho-hum in the face of a potential pandemic. So despite the fact that some 58% of the U.S. population lives with unhealthful levels of ozone pollution and about 15% in areas with chronic levels of particle pollution, most Americans will not be fazed. While awareness and proactiveness in terms of addressing environmental...
...days in office, it summed up the purpose of his presidency: a radical change of course not just from his predecessor, not just from the 30-year Reagan era but also from the quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age. The speech received ho-hum coverage on the evening news and in print - because, I suspect, it was more of a summation than the announcement of new initiatives. Quickly, public attention turned to new "tempests of the moment" - an obscene amount of attention was paid to the new Obama family dog and then, more appropriately...
Between the thoughtful discussions of film aficionados and the gentle hum of the projector, the Student Organization Center at Hilles Cinema buzzed with activity this weekend as enthusiasts joined student directors and producers for the inaugural Harvard Undergraduate Film Festival. Twenty-two short films were presented over the two-day festival, with submissions in fiction, documentary, stop-motion animation, and hand-drawn animation—as well as one music video. The event, a collaborative effort of SOCH administrators and several student organizations, was a welcome breath of fresh air at the chronically under-used student space. Colleen...