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...everything from home economics and cooking to finance and accounting. These seminars would be a wonderful opportunity for students to dabble in new disciplines or subjects only of peripheral interests. Moreover, the intimate nature of such classes would encourage more student-faculty interaction and exchange. Most importantly, however, these myriad programs must remain optional. Students should not feel that they have to take a seminar, go abroad, or get a job. The J-term should not simply morph into yet another opportunity for students to compete with one another to bolster their transcripts and resumes. Seminars should not be given...
...Pontiff's image. But by backing out under pressure from his secular foes, the 80-year-old Pope may yet have the last word in this battle over the meaning of "reason" in today's intellectual debate. For the whiff of censorship toward a figure who is welcomed in myriad settings across the world - both for his position and his intellect - may offer ammunition for Benedict's belief that he is something of a "Pope under siege" in the face of the prevailing secular winds of his times...
...typically developing" siblings of autistic children are, in fact, the furthest thing from typical. Often, they are wiser and more mature than their age would suggest. And they have to be, given the myriad challenges they face: parental responsibility; a feeling of isolation from the rest of their family; confusion, fear, anger and embarrassment about their autistic sibling. And on top of all of it, guilt for having these feelings. (See six tips for traveling with an autistic child...
...Kinsley brought to light the fact that the embryonic stem cells used in research come from fertility clinics, which otherwise would discard them. The advances scientists have made without government funding prove that with the necessary backing, we could be well on the way to curing Parkinson's and myriad other illnesses. Jessica McLellan, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS...
...After all, we’re talking about a film here, not a philosophy paper. Even a dyed-in-the-wool culture snob such as yours truly has to permit a bit of slack in exchange for a watchable movie. In the final analysis, the film’s myriad of merits derive from its high brow repartee, its majestic visual representation of an African-American South as intellectual as it is sensuous, its unapologetic portrayal of gruesome racial violence, and its mise-en-scène of rhetoric.So the movie is a success then. Right?Well...