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...what does she make of it? Does she like her job? Does she never tire of the grind, the rigid code of behavior, the deluge of small talk? Her diaries, carefully tended, may give the answer, but they will not be seen until after her death. She once said she would have liked to be a woman living in the country with lots of horses and dogs. Even today, one of her greatest pleasures is owning racehorses and nipping out to watch the 2:35 at Cheltenham on TV. Most likely, the concept of liking her job would seem...
...have all the more opportunity to pursue other courses freely. Adding to a student’s jam-packed schedule six courses for a secondary field in addition to the twelve the EPC recommends as concentration requirement will make a student’s plan of study even more rigid than it is now. Students should be able to pursue their academic passions without having to stress over transcripts on a new level. The FAS should stick with the system it?...
...social conventions. I don’t mean social conventions of the form “don’t type e-mail messages in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS because it’s distracting,” though those certainly have their place: I mean a more rigid set of conventions, commonly referred to as standards. Essentially, they’re guidelines, which engineers follow when building technologies in order to make sure their inventions play nicely with the inventions of others...
...director Rebecca L. Eshbaugh ’07 and I only had fourteen days between the end of Common Casting and Opening Night, which is virtually unthinkable. Somehow we managed to create a really wonderful piece of theatre.”Unfortunately, Dorin felt somewhat constrained by the rigid dictates of the play’s script. “It was a good choice for a directorial debut, because Albee spells out a lot of details—B stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your...
...director Rebecca L. Eshbaugh ’07 and I only had fourteen days between the end of Common Casting and Opening Night, which is virtually unthinkable. Somehow we managed to create a really wonderful piece of theatre.” Unfortunately, Dorin felt somewhat constrained by the rigid dictates of the play’s script. “It was a good choice for a directorial debut, because Albee spells out a lot of details—B stands here, C says this line in this fashion—but it does make it harder to leave your...