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...including Yale and the University of Texas, hinting at legal action if they don't change their race-specific policies on some scholarships, fellowships and enrichment programs. School officials argue that these programs provide needed help to students who may not have the preparation and support for college. Responds Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity: "We don't have a problem with programs for the disadvantaged. But race should not be used as a proxy for disadvantage...
...director Alexander Sokurov uses 2,000 actors and thirty-five rooms of The Hermitage museum to bring 300 years of Russian history to life. Even more astonishingly, the film is presented in one single 95 minute, continuous, unedited, technologically and artistically miraculous SteadiCam shot. Critical awe—from Roger Ebert to the Village Voice (in which it appeared on five of six critics’ top-ten lists for 2002) —has followed wherever it goes. Russian Ark screens...
When four of Roger Jusseaume's nieces and nephews bought new homes last year, they didn't go through a bank or other institution for financing. Instead, Jusseaume, an Arizona entrepreneur, was more than happy to lend them the money. While few relatives can afford to be that generous--after all, there aren't many people who have the means to provide $500,000 worth of mortgages--loans between family members are common. Financial planners and family counselors often caution against the practice, but the Federal Reserve estimates that 2.1 million U.S. households owe money to individuals, including friends...
...HARD PLACE. In keeping with the trend of interdisciplinary art, check out a group of creative minds whose lifestyle of rock music has spilled over into other art forms. This exhibit is a multimedia, 21-artist display which includes video, photography, furniture and painting. Features such mainstays as Roger Miller and Reeves Gabrels as well as new arrivals like former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh. Through March 2. Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge...
...barred absolutely students who were not the right skin color and that is not only objectional as a matter of policy, it’s also illegal,” said Roger Clegg, general counsel for the center...