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...Master of Mood The Marc Jacobs show is about more than clothes. The designer reminds us that we shouldn't take fashion too seriously- 9/12/06
...Physics 16, “Mechanics and Special Relativity,” because they like to meet the new concentrators before they take Physics 15b, “Introductory Electromagnetism,” and drop out. Georgi, from all appearances, is the model professor: he is master of Leverett, hosts regular socials with his famous gooey cinnamon “monkeybread,” and stays in Leverett dining hall until 1 or 2 a.m. the night before problem sets are due to answer questions. He boosts attendance at these “physics nights” by making...
...strenuous effort required.If you’d rather eat food from the People’s Republic than learn about its culture, don’t fret. Foreign Cultures spans several continents, with a surprising quantity of courses centered on literature, arts, and media. For movie buffs, Kirkland House Master Tom Conley’s FC 21, “Cinema et culture francaise, de 1896 à nos jours,” places French cinematic masterworks in their cultural and historical context. The to-die-for syllabus includes Jean Renoir’s brilliant and hilarious class comedy...
...build an entire lecture around a hunk of plastic dog poo, and he gets the lines between current scientific theory, his opinion, and incontrovertible fact all mixed up, the poor dear. Pinker may flirt successfully with psychology, neurobiology, and evolutionary theory, but his class is jack-of-all-trades, master of none. Le sigh. But on the bright side: Pinker’s brain is as big as his mullet, if not as big as his ego, he’s a dynamic, entertaining lecturer, and he plays bizarre clips of himself and cute toddlers that feature Alan Alda...
...John F. Kerry’s 2004 defeat, as it gives a fascinating in-depth look at the tactics of the Bush campaign to target new voters. “LifeTargeting” mines consumer data (purchased from credit card companies) to pair with voter lists, creating a master list which can be organized by “lifestyle type,” political habits, and likelihood to vote. This master list predicted with 80 to 90 percent accuracy whether a person was likely to vote Republican and helped the Bush team “micro-target” their...