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...spirit of community pervaded Brown University’s fifth annual Ivy Film Festival, which concluded its five-day run last Sunday. From the welcome packet complete with badge to the many events held in the student filmmakers’ honor, the festival was first and foremost a way for student directors—who came from schools around the United States and Europe—to connect with and see each others’ work...
...slowly, this resistance has broken down over the course of the year: I ran in the River Run in the fall, and though it almost killed me (my competitive spirit far outstrips my actual athletic ability, so much for high school varsity), I was hooked. In fact, I think it was my single-minded competitiveness that prevented me from partaking in the games beforehand, and it felt great to see my House masters, blockmates, and House babies all circling the Charles together...
...certain times, one could argue that this is not such a bad thing. A spirit of deadlock and division reduces government to its core functions, inspires local leaders to take the initiative and frees individuals to get on with their lives unhindered by intrusive or ineffective government. Certain stretches of the 1990s felt like that, when the Clinton White House was distracted by its personal and legal troubles and all the energy and enterprise was coming from Silicon Valley and smart city mayors and the private sector...
...night is a fear of what it would feel like if America were attacked again, by the next monster storm, or, worse, the next monstrous attack. In the days after 9/11, when our wounds were fresh and deep and desperate, the most powerful pain relief came from the spirit of the response: lines around the block to give blood, flowers left at the firehouses, lawmakers on the steps of Congress declaring there are no Democrats or Republicans, only Americans; the band played the Star Spangled Banner during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, Dublin's shops closed...
...spirit of intellectual honesty, Mansfield also considers the dark side of manliness. He observes that both the Sept. 11 terrorists and New York’s first responders acted manfully on that day. The hijackers exhibited manliness by forfeiting their lives in defense of their belief system. But New York’s firemen, paramedics, and police officers acted no less manfully as they undertook perilous, and often fatal, rescue missions in defense of the people of New York...