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...This revival prompts a question: Herman Wouk, what were you thinking? In the context of his great sea saga - published as a novel in 1951 and turned into a 1954 film, then this play - the court-marshal of the psycho Captain Queeg is a demonstration of what happens when real-world wartime chaos gets translated into the cool legal niceties of the courtroom. But unmoored from its seagoing prologue, all that talk about Queeg's obsession with shirttails and strawberries lacks any dramatic punch. And why make so much of the betrayal of Lt. Keefer (the egghead officer played...
...tasks. Those who fail to do so learn what fate could befall them at the hands of Janjaweed militias: rape, kidnapping, murder. Susana Ruiz, a University of Southern California student who helped design the game, which is backed by college channel mtvU, hopes it will inspire players to take real-world action by writing President Bush or lobbying schools to divest holdings in firms that operate in Sudan, as the University of California system resolved to do in March: "We want to motivate people to do something right...
...often, such real-world experiences are missing from political and public policy work on this campus. A student involved in almost any political group will be likely to gain valuable experience working on campaigns, researching policy, planning events, gaining knowledge of the legislative process, or organizing their peers. An education in the human consequences of public policy, however, the kind of education that can only come from direct work with those who most directly bear the brunt of bad policies, is often missing. This can lead to a two-dimensional understanding of issues that is heavy on facts but light...
Students involved primarily in community service work can also do a great deal to see that political and policy work on this campus is informed by knowledge of the real-world consequences of policies. Those involved in direct-service work often feel that it is a more effective means of achieving positive social change, and look at politics either as a corrupt practice or a secondary priority. But by bringing their experiences and backgrounds to political work on this campus and beyond it, they can improve its depth and keep it honest...
...current divide between political and direct-service work on this campus impoverishes the understanding and integrity of the former and limits the potential of the latter to achieve more permanent change. Just as students hoping to craft public policy should learn about its real-world consequences, students hoping to make progress directly on issues should consider the ways that they can use their knowledge to work for permanent change. Otherwise, service groups will be in danger of producing well-intentioned advocates working in a system without the tools to shape it, and political groups will be in danger of churning...