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...Lecture Hall on Friday night buzzing with excitement were quite a departure from the room’s usual bleary-eyed inhabitants—but then again, the night ahead of them was a far cry from lecture. Apollo Night, hosted by the Black Students Association (BSA), is a nod to the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where audience members take control of the show during amateur nights. The crowd’s reaction dictates all—offending acts are booed off-stage, and the winner is voted in by enthusiastic cheers. The show’s acts varied...
...Eisner brought an absolutely revolutionary dimension to the graphic novel, which was to make it an instrument of memory," says Pasamonik. Finally, with a nod toward Edmond-Fran?ois Calvo's 1944 La B?te est Morte (The Beast is Dead) - which uses animals to tell the story of World War II - Art Spiegelman brought the graphic novel worldwide recognition by winning a Pulitzer prize in 1992 for his Holocaust saga, Maus. Eisner and Spiegelman's heirs now litter the globe, from Frenchman Joann Sfar (The Rabbi's Cat) to Iranian Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis). "From Superman to the Rabbi's Cat" pays...
...film wrought with a sense of empowerment and empathy despite the harsh implications of the plot. “American Gangster” is, in its own way, this year’s “The Departed”; no doubt, there will be an Oscar nod for Crowe, Washington, and the film. The film creatively examines social issues revolving around race, honesty, and integrity while presenting the analytical nuances of these concepts. Plus, Jay-Z made an entire album in honor of the film, so I guess that’s cool too.—Staff writer...
...wife's 92-year-old grandma has an ancient Sox bobblehead that can be made to nod for minutes on end, like one of George Steinbrenner...
Receiving another nod for its environmental friendliness, Harvard recently placed second in the Sierra Club’s ranking of the top 10 environmentally aware universities...