Word: rigor
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Pauline Kael, at one time arguably the best film critic in operation, has turned into the Hubert Humphrey of film criticism. She comes on chatty and playful when talking about film techniques, valuing good stars above acting and sensual excess over rigor, all the time letting us know that under that tigress bite of hers beats a heart which overflows with sympathy. She makes sufficient noises in the vague directions of liberalism to insure our recognition that she cares in the correct way about moral and political issues which the films she sees might raise. She is overwhelmingly ebullient...
...Class He Criticizes,” March 1). Putting aside the misrepresentation of facts by Travis R. Kavulla ’06in his column (“Brian Palmer’s Academy,” Feb. 24)—the overlapping of courses, grading policies, degree of rigor of the class—I have to say that at the core of his column lay a criticism of the class that I would have to agree with: the course lacks a sense of intellectual vigor in that it lacks a true diversity of thought. Yes, I heard many...
...feel like Palmer’s response to Kavulla represented exactly what was wrong with the course—it answered narrowly those aspects of his editorial that were easily attacked and refuted and skirted the real issue of a lack of intellectual rigor in Palmer’s class. There is no denying that Palmer’s conception of diversity of thought is radically different than that presented by Kavulla in his column and I personally feel like Palmer’s claim that Religion 1528 and Religion 1529, “Personal Choice and Global Transformation...
...think we truly know that Kerry can lead the country in a direction in which we believe we want to be moving,” Hafler said. “I think there’s an intellectual rigor when we look at their platforms and I think we carefully analyze them and we think that Kerry can lead the country...
...commercial entity, a professor still has a responsibility to “sell” his or her course to undergraduates paying through their teeth to attend this university, and who must narrow down their selections from dozens of courses to four. Though students should certainly prioritize academic rigor and teaching style in course selection, they would be foolish not to base their decisions at least in part on the structure and administration of the class, and it is important for professors to speak about this...