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With its overtones invoking cultural phenomenon from George W. Bush to the cult of American Idol, “A Face in the Crowd,” maintains an astonishing relevancy even as a 50-year old self-conscious “message movie...
...familiar simian noises. Perhaps most troubling, the xenophobic chants and racist slogans are no longer confined to bands of Ultras. "What concerns me," says Javier Duran, president of the Observatory of Racism in Sport, the body created by the Spanish government to monitor xenophobic incidents, "is how generalized the phenomenon has become. At Zaragoza, it was the whole stadium chanting those ape noises, not just a handful of fans." To be sure, racist insults can be heard in stadiums elsewhere in Europe. In Italy last year, Messina's Marc Zoro, an Ivorian, had to be restrained by teammates after...
...time or another, feeling significantly depressed at Harvard during their four years here mirrors the national data reported in the National College Health Assessment—namely close to 50 percent. This has been consistent over a number of years. Therefore it is not simply a Harvard phenomenon, but a product of age and difficulties arising from significant changes and challenges...
...particular to extracurriculars at Harvard, this phenomenon is a target of scientific research at the University, as well. I am presently part of a community of researchers (post-doctoral fellows and undergraduate thesis writers) at the Center for Public Leadership, part of the Kennedy School of Government. Under the leadership of Assistant Professor of Public Policy Todd L. Pittinsky, we conduct quantitative studies of intergroup “liking” in the laboratory and in the field. Our research on allophilia—a term derived from the Greek word meaning “liking...
...indignation with that phenomenon grew so high that some 35,000 people - according to internal police projections - gathered in the square Sunday night. Considering that opposition rallies over the last several years had been unable to attract more than 4,000 to 5,000, it was an astounding figure for the usually reserved and detached Belorusians. Many fewer showed up on Monday night, leaving only some 1,000 standing vigil Tuesday morning. But by the evening, as five EU ambassadors came to rub shoulders with opposition candidates Alexander Milinkevich and Alexander Kozulin, more people slipped through the police lines, bringing...