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...that of a hunt, insofar as the audience experiences a primal drive to follow the plot along. He uses this metaphor to account for the suspension of disbelief: “We suspend the rational process of intellectualization, which is to say, of the comparison of phenomenon to idea, which is a process too slow for the hunt.” The connection he draws between the theater and the primal rings true, even if the analogy he uses to explicate his point is a bit overwrought...
...While this trend as a whole is questionable at best, one of the most dangerous effects it has had is the suggestion offered by some that the U.S. should in some way weaken or rethink its alliance with Israel. Most disconcertingly, the Obama administration seems to be taking this idea to heart, as evidenced by its recent snub of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, a Democrat, put it, “President Obama’s abysmal attitude toward the State of Israel … is shocking...
...Living Magazine is this year’s installment of the Visiting Writers Series, a project initiated by expository writing preceptor Jane E. Unrue last spring. Unrue says that the idea for this event stemmed from her experiences in her course Expository Writing 20: “The Voice of Authority.” In the course, students are asked to read works of two international writers, prepare a comparative analysis, and then directly contact the visiting writers. Unrue says that it has been these teaching experiences that have led her to appreciate the effect that firsthand interactions have...
...idea for UC study breaks was conceived by freshman West Yard representative Ivet A. Bell ’13. The next UC study break is scheduled for Thursday night in Mather dining hall and will feature food from Boloco. The freshman East Yard and Eliot House will host UC study breaks in the coming weeks, according to Bell...
...interim government guarantees his and his family's safety. He also proposed that Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the interim government, come to his southern home base for talks and guaranteed safety for her and other officials. But Otunbayeva's chief of staff, Edil Baisalov, rejected that idea, saying "we are not holding talks with bloody dictators." It wasn't immediately clear if that refusal also constituted a rejection of Bakiyev's call for security guarantees...