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...other Harvard schools. Internet use in classrooms is undeniably distracting; It’s hard to imagine that students who are perusing sports scores or busily Gchatting with friends instead of paying attention to the professor are fully comprehending lecture. At times, this effect can even spread outward to others, especially in classes where participation is required. Internet use in class, however, is just one of the many bad habits that can hinder academic performance—from dozing off to doodling, surfing the Net is one amongst the many unproductive student behaviors. Students’ learning experiences are undeniably...
...last week that the embattled Hillary Clinton should stay in the Democratic nomination race “for as long as she wants.” Now her candidacy is in still more perilous standing following the departure of her chief strategist, Mark Penn. Obama’s own outward magnanimity belies the broader political movement behind him, licking its chops at the dwindling hopes of the Clinton campaign. But months of mud-slinging aside, the candidates have provided a valuable political service to the American public...
...director, the point of his remorseless close-ups of Jagger & Co. isn't expos but celebration. Shine a Light is a tribute to the glamour of survival. That's something Scorsese knows in his bones. In nearly 40 years of documentaries, he has looked outward--by studying Jagger or Dylan or Armani or his own family--and found insights into himself. And when he shares them with the world, it's more than nonfiction art. That's docutainment...
...While Christians in those areas trace their roots to the earliest centuries of the faith, the Catholics in Saudi Arabia are mostly migrant workers. And the restrictions on any outward manifestation of their religious beliefs have been particularly severe. The celebration of non-Muslim holidays is forbidden, as is the wearing of crucifixes and other religious symbols...
...It’s basically using the technology to look at somebody’s brain and turning it outward to look at stars,” says Borkin...