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...district has already taken steps to explore alternative educational methods. A Montessori program—which focuses on self-directed activity—is in its first year at the John M. Tobin School and the possibility of an International Baccalaureate program at the high school was up for serious discussion at a roundtable this month. Fowler-Finn said he feels that the unanimous passing of the budget is a good sign of progress, despite tensions that sometimes flare up at school committee meetings.“I think this bodes well for this school system...
...little place on the college campus. It was music fit for night-clubs, sleazy joints and bad hotels.” This description could very well apply to the status of jazz at Harvard today: though most students are aware of its existence, few devote substantial time or serious attention to either its study or its performance. But the quote is not a description of the current jazz scene: it comes from a 1974 article by Jim Cramer ’77 in these pages, reviewing a Harvard Jazz Band concert with trombonists Phil Wilson and Carl Fontana. And although...
...affordable shows. For Bray, the most important thing about THUD is summed up in one word: fun. “It’s cheap, it’s short, but it’s fun,” she says. “It’s not serious at all.” – Melanie E. Long
...Liberal Propaganda!” McCarthy said. “I’m going to read it now! I hope they’ve seen the movie!” The audience laughed in response. Despite the heavy subject matter of the film, McCarthy seemed to move from serious issues, such as immigration, to lighter topics with relative ease. Whatever the political nuances that viewers may draw from his latest picture, McCarthy sees his film principally as a form of entertainment, which aims to be as gripping as possible. “My job is to tell a good...
...Last night at the National Constitution Center, at a Democratic debate that was hyped by ABC as a discussion of serious constitutional issues, America got to see exactly what Obama was complaining about. At a time of foreign wars, economic collapse and environmental peril, the cringe-worthy first half of the debate focused on such crucial matters as Senator Obama's comments about rural bitterness, his former pastor, an obscure sixties radical with whom he was allegedly "friendly," and the burning constitutional question of why he doesn't wear an American flag pin on his lapel - with a single detour...