Word: placidness
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...Afro-Am faces a watershed year. The bristling skepticism about the Afro-Am Department on campus is rooted in a history of tension and controversy, and it will be a while before officials can dispel doubts about the future. And no matter what, all eyes will focus on the placid figure of Nathan Huggins, who has just sat down in the hottest of hot seats...
...administrative move announced in mid-August, 60 Boylston St. appointed Patricia Miller and Jim Stoeckel '73 to the position of assistant directors of athletics. Miller, who helped organize the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, becomes the University's official representative to the AIAW and other women's athletic organizations. Stoeckel, a former all-Ivy quarterback and all-Eastern shortstop, will continue in the capacity he held last year as liaison between the admissions office and the athletic department, as well as assuming extra responsibilities. He is also assistant coach of the Crimson baseball squad...
...violence? Does violence in film provoke violence in life? Or does it act as a catharsis, purging the viewer of his/her violent instincts? Innumerable studies in the last 50 years say yes, no, maybe to all three questions. It obviously depends on the state of the individual viewer (frustrated, placid, volatile), the style of violence (restrained, perfunctory, Iyrical, lingering, graphic), the filmmaker's attitude toward the victims and violators (a likable killer, empathetic victim, etc.), and other assorted immeasurables...
...administrative move announced in mid-August, 60 Boylston St. appointed Patricia Miller and Jim Stoeckel '73 to the position of assistant directors of athletics. Miller, who helped organize the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, becomes the University's official representative to the AIAW and other women's athletic organizations. Stoeckel, a former all-Ivy quarterback and all-Eastern shortstop, will continue in the capacity he held last year as liaison between the admissions office and the athletic department, as well as assuming extra responsibilities. He is also assistant coach of the Crimson baseball squad...
...violence? Does violence in film provoke violence in life? Or does it act as a catharsis, purging the viewer of his/her violent instincts? Innumerable studies in the last 50 years say yes, no, maybe to all three questions. It obviously depends on the state of the individual viewer (frustrated, placid, volatile), the style of violence (restrained, perfunctory, Iyrical, lingering, graphic), the filmmaker's attitude toward the victims and violators (a likable killer, empathetic victim, etc.), and other assorted immeasurables...