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...Union (EU). Croatia is currently under consideration for membership, but Serbia must resolve its internal political fractures before the EU will consider the country for membership. Mesic said that Croatia, too, faces obstacles on its way to acceptance into the EU. The country, which has shifted from an autocratic, semi-presidential political system to a parliamentary democracy, is combatting age-old xenophobia and isolationism. Mesic said that his government is conducting war trials and continues to battle an “embarrassing” past. But there is reason to be hopeful, said the event’s moderator, Joesph...
...Scholars who spend their nights raucously reveling with members of the opposite sex (or, for that matter, the same sex) will not perform as well in the classroom the next morning. Instead they will find themselves (at 11 a.m. the following day) busy navigating the politics of evicting a semi-drunk stranger from their bed. Escaping from this brand of moral depravity has been historically challenging. Upon our return to school, however, a different perspective shed new light on an old problem: what if that stranger didn’t fit on the bed in the first place...
Construction isn’t the only drawback of Claverly life—the dorms are also in close proximity to the noisy headquarters of the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine...
...Atmosphere” will let you score some actual knowledge about global warming and its even sadder hag of a big sister, the depleting ozone layer. The inconvenient truth about “The Atmosphere,” however, is that though its content may be semi-suitable for the big screen, the lectures are less than scintillating. Once known as “Gutmosphere,” the course’s formerly stratospheric grade inflation has, tragically, returned to earth. To avoid plummeting yourself, weasel your way into TF Winston Tao’s section—he?...
...Borat is one of three prominent, eagerly anticipated U.S. comedies gracing the Festival. The others are For Your Consideration, the latest in Christopher Guest's semi-improvisational parodies (following Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind) and Stranger Than Fiction, in which America's top film funnyman Will Ferrell taps a kinder, gentler side - Motion Picture Academy members, attention must be paid...