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...nation, but on another planet. For the very idea of a student-centered higher-education system, where every infrastructural nuance - from faculty offices to student housing to decent salaries to ample classrooms - is designed to facilitate both teaching and research, is as foreign to most French universities as a slice of foie gras is to a Weight Watchers' meeting. Instead, what we have in France - often in the name of democracy and equality of opportunity - are overcrowded classrooms, underpaid professors, faculty offices shared by as many as eight to 10 instructors, a system so mired in bureaucracy it requires...
...when the collision unfolds onscreen, we’re allowed to see only snippets of it alongside a hodgepodge of scenes recalling less painful (if not happier) moments before the catastrophe, as well as glimpses into its disastrous consequences. Iñárritu’s decision to slice the film’s narrative into an intricate sequence of short, hard-hitting vignettes allows for an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the characters’ lives—like flipping through a photo album of scenes. The technique is similar to that employed in his eye-opening directorial debut...
...carb lifestyle isn’t coming easy for Summers, a man known to scarf down two to three slices of pizza during a one-hour study break. (He once told a student, “Ask a long question, I want to eat a slice of pizza...
Along with two-bit pyrotechnics, the package also contained a banner that read “No School on Monday”—an obvious attack on Harvard’s Thanksgiving break calendar. The clumsily anti-intellectual construction stings with all the force of a soggy slice of New Haven pizza: those of us in Cambridge are hardly daunted by the prospect of three laid-back days of class at a university that isn’t Yale...
...larger than western Europe, it boasts a rich history and an enticing cuisine, but most visitors see only the thinnest slice of China: Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'An and maybe a trip through the Yangtze Gorges. Yet the country has a great deal more to offer - to history buffs, adventure seekers and beach bums alike. For an alternative take on the Middle Kingdom, try these three little-known but easily accessible destinations: XIAMEN Once known as Amoy, this coastal city in Fujian province is one of the few places in China to preserve the legacy of colonialism...