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This raises a major problem with writing about Eastern, particularly Indian thought in the Western world: how to resist the threat of being branded "New Age." India in particular has gone from being a societal punchline (insert Slurpee joke here) to the spiritually uplifting culture du jour: department stores are peddling the ritualistic body paint known as henna, Madonna's got everyone chanting shantih to a disco beat. In a culture based largely on rather mundane Christian morality and imagery, people made of thoughts, eagles born from copulating trees and spontaneously appearing mountains all have the opportunity to be exploited...
Critics are uneasy. Kava, they fear, will turn out to be merely herbal medicine's root du jour, a scientifically unproven preparation that is at best useless and at worst dangerous. But doctors and consumers are two different groups, and even as concerns are raised, kava's popularity continues to grow. "I think kava is really hot," says Dr. Hyla Cass, a UCLA psychiatrist and co-author of Kava: Nature's Answer to Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia (Prima Health). "It's a sleeper...
...Which among these was the slogan du jour? It's the ______, stupid! A) "immoral, reckless behavior"; B) "integrity"; C) "lying"; D) "perjury...
Kick boxing, step aerobics and spinning went out with chunk heels and the Magic Hour. Perpetually en vogue Lowell House, however, provides the exercise class du jour. Learn to bend yourself into a Rold Gold at their weekly yoga class, but beware of the pose entitled "Down Dog." 5 p.m., Lowell House. FREE...
...rooms still possess a fresh feel, we're happy to be reunited with friends, sections have not yet met and the weather is temperate. More importantly, from the conservative perspective, the campus has not yet had the opportunity to work itself into a fit over some cause du jour...