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...national highway 1A, a busy thoroughfare on the northern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). But it is fairly quiet once you are within the grounds. The reception area has faded light-blue walls that look like they are about five years overdue for repainting. A pleasant tree-shaded garden is filled with primary-colored playground equipment of the kind you'd see pretty much anywhere in the West - slides, a plastic jungle gym, spring-loaded hobby-horses shaped like ducks and rabbits. The children's dormitories are further to the left of the garden. Further back...
STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS by Mary Roach I picked up this book and was rewarded with two cold, dead feet in my face. It wasn’t pleasant. I have to say the juxtaposition of “Lives” and “Cadavers” is clever, though. Why someone would want to read about dead human bodies is mildly unsettling, and the author’s last name, Roach, in bold, bright red letters, doesn’t make the book any more enticing. In fact, the combination of the two only...
...Weirdness” melds alternative rock and punk rock while flirting with the musical styles of Bob Dylan, U2, and Dave Matthews to create a vibrant sound palette. Despite the musical diversity found in some of its tracks, the album does manage to be cohesive and even pleasant at times. To the band’s credit, the drawn out, ear-splitting whine of a guitar at the end of many tracks pieces the album together; the choice is a little weird, but I suppose that’s the point. Featuring a slower, catchy guitar melody and a singing...
...news coverage is largely available for free online, having a national newspaper sitting on a dining hall table is convenient and increases the likelihood that students will actually read it. For some, reading a paper copy of the news, perhaps with a cup of coffee, is a pleasant morning ritual. Newspapers in dining halls also have the added benefits of keeping students well-informed of events outside the “Harvard bubble,” and they spark discussions and debates over meals. Having even a few papers available would greatly benefit all students; information spreads by diffusion...
...bedroom, Max films Elena with a camcorder: “He lifted the camera to his eye again, and focused it just on the curve of her back as it shaped her waist, then swelled into her buttock. When he looked at it with his eyes, it was pleasant but unremarkable. When he looked through the viewfinder, the same curve was bright and erotic, flat in a way, but alluring.” Just as Elena’s ass is transformed into the alluring in a new medium, the Iraq-oriented portion of Smiley’s narrative might...