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Dance, as an abstract form of expression, is at once clear with its suggestive bodily motion, yet in its own manner incomprehensible. The paradoxical nature of this art form was aptly demonstrated during Dancer’s Viewpointe III: An Evening of Premieres. Classical ballet is no different in this sense, except that the human urgency is pushed under the surface, and the performance is layered with requisite grace and poise. The eight originally choreographed dance vignettes in Viewpointe, most appropriately categorized as modern dance, shone with immediacy, purpose and undeniable skill...
Perhaps it is no shock that student voices will be muted in the ears of the new dean—after all, the restructuring itself was done in an outrageously secretive manner. Had the bureaucratic shakedown been on the table in any public forum in advance—rather than being hastily introduced alongside Lewis’ firing—students and Faculty could at least have voiced their concerns and had some chance of being heard. Instead, the new plan has been foisted on those it will most affect, without even a nod towards community consultation...
...from defense companies opens the floodgates for divestment from other morally ambiguous industries. Coca-Cola and Nike are only a few examples; given adamant students and faculty, an argument could be made that nearly every company is socially irresponsible, that each is giving rise to societal ills in some manner or another. And on each example, there would likely not be a clear moral consensus...
...still deeply angered by the U.S. treatment of Taliban fighters and suspected terrorists at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. When the detainees first began to arrive there in January 2002, Rumsfeld said the U.S. was planning--"for the most part"--to treat them in a manner "reasonably consistent" with the Geneva Conventions. Human-rights groups howled that he was waffling on the long-standing U.S. commitment to the global agreement. The Bush Administration argued that the conventions weren't appropriate for many detainees because they were essentially criminals--that is, terrorists without countries or uniforms...
...Bulldogs’ home turf naturally rolls in a manner that golfers throughout the northeast dread facing, so the strategy going in was to avoid catastrophe and know what to expect...