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Skal, who has trained in ballet since the age of four, said that the less-experienced students’ input during a class discussion of the ballet classic “The Rite of Spring” allowed her to view the subject with fresh perspective...
...does he go about this? A Jesuit source of mine suggested that the Pope could have washed the feet of sex-abuse victims - instead of priests - at the traditional Holy Thursday rite at St. Peter's. Others have mentioned an encyclical on the crisis. But either would miss the point. Rather than state another mea culpa for the sins of the abusers, the Pope must simply and publicly seek forgiveness for himself - and other bishops - for what we might call the sins of ignorance and denial and administrative malfeasance that some critics say border on the criminal...
...analysts bewildered as to what the protesters were trying to achieve. But in Thailand, it was anything but an aberration. Curses, dark rituals and black magic have long been part of the political culture of the country and some of its neighbors. And to some Thai analysts, the strange rite was a rare public revelation of a more covert aspect of the ongoing conflict between the country's political movements - a war of the supernatural. (See pictures of the 2008 protests in Bangkok...
...Thongchai Winnichakul, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin, says those who deride last week's blood ritual should take a good look at themselves. All religions engage in some kind of irrational rite, and superstitious rituals abound in daily life at weddings, graduations and other ceremonies. The Red Shirts aren't any different than the rest of us, he says. "They are not more stupid or irrational than us. In fact, they are creative and self-aware...
...process to get to the Yard. To get to Sever Hall, hop off the Shuttle at Garden Street, and you can be in class in about 12 minutes after leaving your room. CVS is about 10 minutes away. Alternatively, there is a Rite Aid in Porter Square a few blocks from the Quad itself. And despite what River dwellers may insist when you want them to come visit you, the walk isn’t bad at all. In fact, on a nice day, it’s quite...