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While too many Harvard activities require donning a suit and acting 40, two first-years are calling for a return to the days of milk and cookies and tetherball. Mark D. Lurie ’07 and Sara A. Slavin ’07 recently drew up a charter with the following goals: “To revive the lost innocent pleasures of our carefree youths. To combat the nostalgia that grows as old comes upon us. To reach intramural recognition in two years and NCAA recognition in three years.” With it, they initiated Project...
...part, Slavin fondly recalls the 15-minute recess period every morning in high school. “Sometimes you just need an allotted time to de-stress. Lord knows there’s stress here,” she says. “At Harvard, it’s standard to schedule time for things. We’re just trying to be consistent with the Harvard spirit by scheduling playtime...
Existence is based entirely on human kind’s subjective view of reality. So what happens when that reality is shifted to someone else’s reality? That is precisely the question that Focus, directed by Neal Slavin and based upon the novel by Arthur Miller, attempts to address. The story focuses on Lawrence Newman, a circumstantial bigot played by William H. Macy (Magnolia, Psycho) who purchases a new pair of glasses which make him look like a Jew to the outside world. All sorts of unsavory consequences ensue. Newman gets demoted at work, ironically just after...
...1940s world constructed by first- time director and still photographer Slavin is bright and crisp, almost surreal at times in its perfection. The character Newman, too, seems like a caricature on occasion. His impeccable propriety and golden restraint are congruent only with the perfect cleanliness of his fabricated world. Macy transmits Newman’s cowardice and unease with unparalleled conviction. He demands sympathy and provokes loathing at once for his prejudice and his inability to stand up for himself in front of those he fears. Gertrude, his love, is as outspoken as he is timid, as radiant...
Even so, experts insist communication is vital, and say people can't always make proper use of their rights unless employers know how best to accommodate them. Says attorney Susan Slavin of Jericho, N.Y., who represents chronically ill individuals: "Once you open that dialogue, you're protected. You can't advocate for yourself if someone doesn't know your condition...