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...even a quarter of what's available. "We serve so many different masters here, so many different audiences," says Handling, "that there's leeway to program the widest range of films, from the most populist to the most esoteric." So each movie lover scans the list, finds a couple dozen promising titles and creates a personal minifestival...
...some, TIFF is an Oscar reunion party; this year's 500-plus guest list of actors, directors and producers includes more than a score of Academy Award winners, from George Clooney to Jodie Foster, Sean Penn to Susan Sarandon, Michael Caine and Michael Douglas to Michael Moore. The new hot couple, Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, will show up to promote their politically charged drama Rendition; and perpetual hottie Brad Pitt will light up the city when he appears in support of his western, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Rock icons Lou Reed and Eddie...
...Best Value ranking—which rates schools based on how much a student is expected to get out of their education for the money they pay—passing the California Institute of Technology, which held the top spot last year but dropped to fourth for the 2008 list...
...parents were asking why I prefer MIT over all the other colleges, even though it has been ranking lower than those schools," said Shum, a senior from New Jersey who says he plans to apply to several of the highest ranking schools. "I told them that [the list] gives a good sense of where to get a good education in the United States, but you have to make the ultimate decisions based on your own criterion and judgments." Shum added that one draw for him is MIT's hacking culture, which he says is "something that a list...
Harvard came in as the hardest college to get into—with an admit rate last year of slightly under 9 percent—and as the school with the best college library. It was also featured on the list of Best Northeastern Colleges, Colleges With a Conscience, and America's Best Value College. The College also came in top ten for best college newspaper and most politically active students and top twenty for dorm quality and how studious students tend...