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...world driven mad by violence and fear. We inherit a legacy of consciously cultivated division and rage. We have been taught to fight each other, yet as youth, we have more cause than any group to be united. We share in the fact that as young people, we must inhabit this world the longest. As the most recent arrivals, we have the least stake in the old feuds and irrational strife of the past. Today—bound together by instantaneous global communication—we are conscious of this in a way no other generation of young people...
...characters in the film “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” inhabit a dizzying world of ritzy soirées, opulent penthouses, and outrageous bling. The film is a sketch of the wealthy life that, while glamorous from a distance, is ultimately hollow. Like the high society it depicts, “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” is visually pleasing but devoid of emotional impact. Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand, “Fargo”) is an out-of-work nanny fending off starvation in 1939 London. When an employment agency peevishly refuses...
...mother Diana, a royal-by-marriage, who engaged with ordinary people in emotionally intelligent ways and encouraged her sons to strive for a kind of über-normality. Yet as she discovered, it's hard to keep it real in the parallel universe that her former in-laws inhabit. Their palaces are packed with treasures, and swarm with valets and equerries, butlers and footmen; yet it's anything but a luxurious existence. Royal quarters are surprisingly spartan; there's no privacy, but little meaningful human contact. "People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with...
...family members, and most importantly, the new president himself. But Daniel E. Lage ’10, Andrew Velo ’10, and Daniel Balmori ’10 are not talking about the future resident of the White House. Instead, the president they are concerned with will inhabit the Presidential Palace over 1,400 miles away in Havana, Cuba.Though none of them has ever actually set foot on Cuban soil, Lage, Velo, and Balmori care deeply about the island’s politics. All three are officers of the Cuban American Undergraduate Student Association (CAUSA). They note, however...
...urge them to grapple with the underlying cause: overpopulation. While it is admittedly a very sensitive topic for social, religious and personal reasons, it is worth debating. Overpopulation is the root cause of poverty, war and almost every other problem. In a few short years, 9 billion people will inhabit this shrinking earth. If leaders continue to bury their heads in the sand at the mere mention of the subject, the resulting problems and suffering will affect many generations to come...