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...students particularly disheartening. It is very sad that the school would place the academic success of its black students, particularly its star athlete, so low. Athletes are to be thanked for the many hours of enjoyment they bring us. Our greatest achievements, however, have been directed by those who possess powerful analytical skills for critiquing both our culture and the nature of man's existence. Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X--none of these men came to prominence by way of athletics. They wielded great intellect and organized passion. We must make the creation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 15, 1999 | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...tastes are as divergent as styles of art. Howard Yezerski, next door to both Goldman and Miller Block, has a rather positive outlook on the whole: He points to the large number of universities and art schools in Boston as a special resource that other cities simply do not possess. To Yezerski, at least, not only is gallery space more easily and more cheaply had in Boston, but its crowds of university students lend Boston an unusual, and indeed incomparable, atmosphere for art production and reception. He notes, in addition, the strong presence of innovative curators at local university galleries...

Author: By Jeni Tu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Contemporary On Newbury | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Granted these questions may possess no answers. My inability to resolve them may be a perennial symptom of youth or maybe even the human condition and no reflection on the merits of my education. However, my refined ability to argue a thesis in five to seven pages, double-spaced, does me no good at all in even attempting to broach them. If anything my swollen rational capacities make it more difficult for me to find anything to believe in, any source of beautiful illogical inspiration...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: An Argument for Moral Education | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...star power. The other actors have had roles in various studio fare such as Suicide Kings and American Pie, but all in rather minor roles, and from the calibre of performances given it is easy to see why. The actors all seem to be reading off Teleprompters, and all possess very little range of emotion. Even the director acknowledges this woodenness because he places the image of each actor next to his or her name, just to make sure you don't forget who they...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Shots with American History Sex | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...only will our students need to possess area skills, such as languages; they will also need training in...formal theory, statistics and the mathematics to do both," Bates wrote, adding, "Departments will have to rethink their approach to evaluating junior personnel...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Government Department Scrutinized for Faculty Rift | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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