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Mike, who asked that his last name not be used, was formerly a member of what he calls a “small, conservative, insular Christian group on campus.” He realized he was gay in junior high, but tried not to think about it since he was raised in a “pretty conservative family...
...past two years, students and staff involved with the Institute say the IOP suffered in fulfilling its mission--to inspire undergraduates to get involved in politics--because the institution was becoming too bureaucratic and insular...
Harvard’s search process is unique in many ways, not the least of which is its insular and secretive nature. Unlike schools like Princeton, no faculty or students were formally involved in the search for the 27th president. The choice was up to the nine search committee members—most of whom graduated from Harvard during the Eisenhower administzation...
...Guin is also one of the few science fiction writers to achieve widespread literary recognition outside the sometimes insular sci-fi and fantasy community. Kurt Vonnegut described the problem while looking back at the publication of his first novel, _The Sirens of Titan_. "I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'science fiction' ever since," he wrote, "and I would like out, particularly because so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal...
...Land. Worthy films all?but the best of a mediocre bunch. There was no Crouching Tiger to send the collective spirit soaring, no Dancer in the Dark to set the critics at knifepoint. There was, however, a common thread in many Asian films. From the usually insular Iranians to the peripatetic Chinese, top auteurs were literally on the move, making road movies. Tsai Ming-liang (Taiwan) and Jacob Cheung (Hong Kong) went to France; Cheung also touched down in Africa, as did Iran's Abbas Kiarostami. And although Hong Kong is now officially part of the People's Republic...