Word: sectionalism
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...eliminating one of its sole sources of entertainment. Campion—who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for 1993’s “The Piano”—displays a dependence on emotionality that harms the film’s narrative flow. The middle section of “Bright Star” becomes an exercise in tedium, as the film first shows the happiness of the young couple, then the sadness Brawne feels when Keats must visit the countryside for financial reasons, then the joy she experiences when he writes her a letter, then...
...effort to inspire interest in their cause. Trevor J. Bakker ’10, one of the co-presidents of HDAG, hopes that the exhibition—which also includes paintings by Sudanese artists—will remind students on campus of a conflict in a faraway section of the world. To this end, the art is largely accessible; the photographs play with identifiable imagery, capitalizing on something that one may have once seen or felt. “[This art] may reference things that people have already seen but try not to think about or just haven?...
...Harvard senior, just back from the bars.... looking for something now and on campus” reads one post under the “men seeking men” section of personals on craigslist.org. Another post is a bit less explicit: “Hey, im 20, a student at Harvard… i hate using craigslist and im pretty skeptical about it however hopfully ill be able to meet some chill guys from the area for whatever really. we can grab coffee and see where things go.” For many students at Harvard, online dating...
...Hudson River, the Standard New York is a visually striking property, designed by Todd Schliemann of New York City's Polshek Partnership Architects and built right above the Highline - a former elevated rail track in the process of being converted into an aerial park. The Highline's first section is open to the public and runs between Gansevoort Street and 20th Street. As Manhattan's newest attraction, it has an almost symbiotic connection to the hotel, feeding an endless stream of strollers to the Standard, while allowing hotel guests to enjoy a landscaped walkway through the neighborhood...
...last section of the Government Museum consists of pieces from the past few years. Contemporary Indian artists have begun using archetypal Indian techniques in new and interesting ways. This trend is unsurprising in a nation whose potential growth rate is expected to average 8.4 percent until the year 2020, with a GDP set to surpass that of the United States by 2050. As the nation grows and develops economically, its people are discovering a newfound pride in their heritage. They needn’t look to the West for expressions of their modernized selves but can instead draw from their...