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...Almost as astonishing to people of a certain age is the fact that Obama’s main rival in the Democratic primaries was a woman. Here too it is worth recalling a few facts to remind those under 25 how much the world has changed since their faculty were young...

Author: By Jennifer Hochschild | Title: Looking Backward and Forward from Election Day, 2008 | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Institute professor S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole summed up the general consensus of the conference, saying, “colonialism was not a cause of conflict, but a result of it.” Panelist presented their viewpoints from their own publications or from life-experiences. “My main goal here today is I want you to understand the violence during the emergency in Kenya as a part of the colonial movement not a paradox,” said Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard and a former Radcliffe Institute fellow. The wide-ranging group of experts...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Probes Post-Colonial War | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...just glides over them—or by any of the characters, who all fail to notice the strange occurrences. The wife of “Bad Heart” brushes off her husband’s complaints of cardiovascular problems as a childish bid for attention. The main characters find themselves suppressed even in the domestic realm, as their wives make them feel ashamed, used, and inadequate. Developing complexes that make them shudder at the thought of having sex with their wives, they retreat into passivity or run far, far away into delusion.Tsutsui’s own detached...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Porno' Goes Absurdist | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...evil is gone!” and “I realized what was living behind that boy’s eyes was purely and simply—evil” are so ridiculously over-the-top that your brain requires numbing. 3. Every time the main “Halloween” theme is played. No, wait, that would put you in the hospital way too fast. If you are truly feeling adventurous you could take a shot every time any of the musical themes play, but that would probably kill you within the first 20 minutes. 4. Every...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SCREENSHOTS: 'Halloween' | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...selecting the participating classes at various Cambridge public schools, Jean A. Junior ’09, one of CityStep’s executive directors, says that the main criteria the program leaders look for is a teacher’s enthusiasm and willingness to budget time for CityStep during the school...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Step By Step | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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