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...keynote speaker, Provost Steven E. Hyman, a neurobiologist, spoke about the importance of sharing knowledge throughout the University’s scientific communities...
...ringer among the Brits, brings down the curve a bit). What bothered me was the fussy and ponderous direction by Ian Rickson. From the famous first line, "Why do you always wear black?" - which is broken in two when the character to whom it is spoken, Masha, silences the speaker mid-sentence with an impatient wave of her hand - I knew we were in trouble. Everywhere, Rickson throws in unnecessary filigree - extra pauses, characters wandering onto the stage unbidden - to emphasize the languorous, depressive mood; if I didn't know better, I might have thought it was a Chekhov parody...
...Institute for Advanced Study on post colonial war. Day one of the conference, which was yesterday, focused on the relationship between the nature of the colonial regime and the wars that followed. Three panels explored cultural differences and colonial objectives that led to violent uprisings and eventual resolutions. Each speaker presented a specific conflict ranging from the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to the adoption of Aryan nationalism in Sri Lanka. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole summed up the general consensus of the conference, saying, “colonialism was not a cause of conflict...
...Gingrich G.O.P. to distract the faithful while avoiding the hard choices about cutting multibillion-dollar entitlements that might really downsize the budget.” The NEA got cut off at the knees because it was easier—and much more popular—for House Speaker Newt Gingrich to blame Robert Mapplethorpe for our problems than actually to solve them...
...much of the next President's energy will have to go toward pulling us out of it. And the economy is far from the only unpredictable force the 44th President will contend with. Experts are forecasting a surge in the number of Democrats in Congress that would give Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid the largest majorities either party has had since the early 1990s. This would obviously limit the options of a Republican President McCain. But Congress would be a complicating factor in the life of President Obama too. After all, the Constitution...