Word: stillness
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...issue of building settlements needs to be addressed in a plan that will bring long lasting peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians. So too must the problem of terrorism and the message of hate that still comes out loudly from the Palestinian side in Gaza and the West Bank be addressed. At least if the Crimson Staff wants the U.S. to reconsider its aid to Israel, then I hope they will stand by their alleged principles and also ask for a reconsideration of aid to Arab countries and the Palestinian Authority in the name of peace, freedom, democracy...
Nevertheless, time and time again Obama’s speeches are chopped to still-pulsing pieces by intermittent and blatantly partisan insertions of needless applause. Jarring ejaculations of editorializing slowly suck the lifeblood out of captivation, and the more they appear, the more I find this trend both frustrating and deeply frightening. For how can we be swept away by anything when audiences are constantly grabbing for coattails to ride on, in desperate attempts to bask in another’s glory while contributing nothing of their own but noise and disturbance...
...Consider why concerts, sports events, and shows are all more expensive to watch live than on TV. Part of the price pays for the bragging rights of having seen some hero of yours in the flesh. But there has to be more, for why is good close-up footage still less appetizing than nosebleed seats? The answer: Seeing events live brings the show alive. Good performances dissolve the space between self and other, so individuals can immerse themselves in experience rather than in deflating rejoinders and side notes...
...Roving Reporter popped over to Sunday afternoon’s Activities Fair at the SOCH to catch up with some potential members of the class of 2014, getting them to dish on everything from intense grinding sessions at Jollies to what schools they’re still deciding between. Don’t play, 2014. You know you want to be here...
...It’s between physics, French and history. Harvard’s a good balance because people are doing a lot but they still seem to enjoy going out as well...