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Thus, the divergence between East and West observed on the internet plays out again on a geopolitical scale: While the Western media has made its focus on China’s high-handed approach in Tibet, China has been more concerned with keeping its people from starving and growing restless. Despite the obvious injustice in Tibet, the prospect of much of mainland China exploding with the kind of hunger riots raging elsewhere is one that features too many human rights violations to count. In that event, the government would have likely no less hesitation in striking out against...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: A Crisis in Rice | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...half.” But, the plot line does feature some clumsy twists. There never is an explanation for the island, and when the smoke monsters and polar bears come in a la “Lost” and we discover that the characters are sitting on a restless volcano, we know that this play is veering off the path of realism. The play pokes fun at its own lapses in logic, and the actors make their characters so much their own that the audience is able to buy into it all. For a play that gives tribute...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Castaways’ Treads in T.V. Waters | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...remains of a car crash, revealing the dead man’s face through a frame of shattered glass glittering beneath rain and streetlight. Wong also creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy’s face, the camera motion along with sounds of laughter and chatter create the atmosphere of a busy restaurant. Later in the film, when Jeremy kisses Lizzie as she lies sleeping...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Blueberry Nights | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...year after the FLDS arrived, Eldorado city officials held a town meeting. "The citizens got a little restless," Mayor John Nikolauk said. "We gave them a chance to talk and let them vent and then I said, 'Here's the deal. They are not going away, we have to do the best we can.'" One angry woman demanded the town leadership do something because the FLDS were practicing polygamy and living in sin. Nikolauk responded: "Two thousand years ago this young fella stood up in defense of a whore and said he who is without sin cast the first stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Polygamists Came to Town | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

BACK TO THE FUTURE Back in 1403 WJH, the psychology professor starts to grow restless. He’s still charming, but it’s clear he wants to get back to work...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Happy Man | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

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