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...Paulin is an outrage. Paulin is internationally recognized as a leading poet and scholar, and silencing him undermines the spirit of free debate on which Harvard University is based. The English department should not have allowed itself to be bullied by special interests or President Summers, and students should revel in the debate sparked by controversial figures coming to speak on campus...
While Columbia’s band seems to revel in its bad-boy image, the Harvard University Band—which historically has shared the Ivy League penchant for off-color gibes at opposing teams—is quietly moving toward a less controversial program...
...school, I gave up Instant Messenger for Lent in hopes of proving to myself that I didn’t need AOL Instant Messenger to communicate with my friends. I found, however, that life without AIM is slow at best. In the age of communication and technology, why not revel in our ability to keep in touch with friends—without having to deal with the hassle of long distance fees...
...Provençal twang. He feels right at home in Europe where, he says, gifted people aren't pigeonholed. America has experts, says Malkovich, but Europe can yield magisterial figures like the late Pier Paolo Pasolini, a political thinker, novelist and film director. Another inspiration: Jean-François Revel, whose bestselling book, The Anti-American Obsession, is only the latest reflection of the author's catholic interests from Proust to political philosophy. "Here there is more apt to be infiltration from one form to another," Malkovich says. The theme of crossover - between theater and film, directing and acting, France...
Things are exciting onscreen too--though in these three-hour extravaganzas there's not much violence, no nudity, hardly even any kissing. Forced to sublimate, Bollywood taught itself to revel in full-blooded, full-throated drama. "The formula is essentially a family epic," says Mehta. "A family that breaks apart and then comes together. It's also the story of Partition." The partition of India and Pakistan, that is--but with vagrant, fragrant hope of union within diversity. A father denounces, then tearfully embraces his son (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham). A group of 19th century peasants battle their Brit overlords...