Word: solemnization
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...HOURS. This adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer-winning novel is unapologetically Oscar bait, a solemn, century-spanning “what is life?” treatise backed by a triumvirate of A-list actresses (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore) and directed by Billy Elliot vet Stephen Daldry. Yet for a film of its ostensible weight, The Hours certainly takes easy shots at its lead trio – three colossally boring straw women who rediscover their lost vitality in drearily obvious ways as the picture progresses. Perhaps The Hours’ greatest value rests...
Beyond the benefits of student media as a forum for public debate, the collegiate press also has solemn responsibilities: to expose corruption, to reveal hypocrisy to shine a light of truth on dark corners of the university...
...courts take seriously the solemn vow in the first amendment that “Congress shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech, or of the press,” then they should guarantee that college journalists like Margaret Hosty and Jeni Porche at The Innovator are afforded the same constitutional protections as every other American—student...
...changed, A New Day At Midnight displays a very different sonic character from his debut album. Where Gray was upbeat and optimistic with hyped up rhythms and excessive energy on songs like “Babylon” on his first album, he presents a much more solemn and thoughtful spirit throughout New Day. Tracks like “Dead In the Water,” “Easy Way To Cry” and “The Other Side” particularly reflect Gray’s personal angst of late, both in lyrics and a more...
...observance—rallies in Boston and New York, a candlelight vigil in Indianapolis, memorial services in Minneapolis-St. Paul—will hopefully draw America’s attention to her transgendered citizens and to the fear and hatred they encounter every day. It’s a solemn day, in a somber month, and these are scary times. Perhaps it’s easier not to remember Rita Hester today, it’s easier not to dwell on the twenty-five known victims of anti-transgender violence since the last Day of Remembrance. But notwithstanding the November...