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...animated alien science fiction comedy featuring Cold War social commentary and impressive CGI graphics, the film inverts the traditional “aliens attack Earth” storyline by portraying a human invasion of an alien society. Despite a political allegory that is too subtle for children yet too obvious for adults, the film succeeds as an entertainingly cute, if not totally memorable, space comedy...
...high level of interpersonal competition at Harvard might seem obvious, and discussing it, trite. But something about this quest for individuality here fascinates me, the innate desire to find something in oneself that validates existence amidst genius. For some, it’s the raw intellectual horsepower. For others, it’s the ability to navigate complex social hierarchies, to read men instinctively. For yet others, it’s the ability to cling to morals when others toss theirs aside. Maybe it’s just having the right combination of all the above. To justify one?...
Beginning in the fall 2010, students will receive credit for any course they take related to those themes. Also, beginning next fall, current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors may apply for retroactive secondary credit in Ethnic Studies for courses taken in years past with an obvious connection to the ideas of ethnicity, migration, indigeneity, and human rights...
...think academia is really sexy, really hot, and smart people are sexy, you know, not in the obvious way. Culture might think porn stars are sexy; I think academics are sexy because I’m in love with...
...disparities are on most obvious display in gendered magazines like Cosmopolitan and Redbook. Look at those magazine headlines again. All those titillating taglines are about making the man feel good: “Find His Sensitive Spots,” “10 Moves He’s Secretly Begging For,” “The Foreplay He Craves...