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...societies that are not our own. If the College plans to seriously pursue this expectation it is essential that Harvard provide as diverse a set of opportunities and destinations as possible. While the report recognizes that any international experience can be significant in instilling this understanding, it makes special note of the importance of missions to “a non-Anglophone culture or third-world society.” As the University’s travel policy currently stands, however, the vast majority of both Africa and the Middle East are inaccessible to students—in fact, students...
...that people take it seriously." Still, Eco treats lowbrow cultural phenomena with the same seriousness as higher-flown accomplishments. In one essay, for example, he analyzes the essence of Italian society by observing Mike Bongiorno, a TV game show host; another dissects the design of the 1,000-lire note. He has also described how comic-book hero Flash Gordon imparted American ideals to children growing up in Mussolini's Italy. Everything is grist for his mill. Eco's catholic approach is reflected by the way in which contemporary paintings on the walls of his spacious apartment are interspersed with...
...Officers were dispatched to Claverly Hall to note the theft of a Hewlett-Packard laptop and a blue nylon backpack. The combined cost of the stolen items...
...Officers were dispatched to Claverly Hall to note the theft of a Hewlett-Packard laptop and a blue nylon backpack. The combined cost of the stolen items...
...fine territory on which to build the next act of his career. As Gould, unlike such gigs as Limbo,the slave-trading orangutan in Planet of the Apes, or Kenny (Pig Vomit) Rushton in Private Parts, Giamatti gets to play more than just one exquisitely sweaty comic note. Howard thinks people are only now waking up to Giamatti's ability. "I so loved him as Pig Vomit, and that, balanced with the detail of Pekar, blew me away," he says. "He got Joe Gould without having to read...