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...blunt emotional starkness of the written interviews and puts them into motion on the screen in such a way that the audience can’t help but feel directly addressed by each subject. The film—a short 80-minute affair made up of strung-together interview segments??doesn’t hold very well as a narrative in its own right, but it does an elegant and powerful job of conveying the central themes of Wallace’s work: the immediacy of existence and the pure moment of visceral human reaction...
...life qualify to that one essay and take away a bit of the high-stakes nature of that one piece.” This is a worthy intention, but unfortunately, the move will be counterproductive. Students will now lose sleep over how to express themselves in three 200-word segments??in addition to fretting over crafting the perfect 500-word statement still required of other schools. College consultants who used to help write 500 word personal statements will not disappear either, but rather quickly shift their assistance to the short essays...
...fashion show sponsored by the Asian American Association that took place on Saturday. The entirely student-run event sought to demonstrate the way students convey their sense of self through clothing choices and the use of fashion to make cultural statements. The show was divided up into four segments??Harajuku, Student Design, His/Hers and Hip-Hop. Harajuku, which opened the show, featured an eclectic assortment of clothing inspired by the eponymous Tokyo district. Student models appeared in everything from neon platform shoes to faux leather leggings. “It was a hodgepodge of clothes and things...
...professors says that Corporation members were attempting to dilute the acerbity of Summers’ letter, while the other says it was the severance-package negotiations that caused the delay. In the end, Summers’ letter stated that “rifts” with “segments?? of the FAS faculty had made his ability to govern “infeasible.” He announced his intention to resign at the end of the academic year...
...addition to Verba, the faculty advisory committee includes four other members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—the most of any single school. In February, University President Lawrence H. Summers cited an inability to repair relations with “segments?? of that school’s faculty as the chief reason for his resignation. And some professors at the University's other schools have expressed worries that the search committee may cave to Faculty clout in selecting Harvard's next leader...
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