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...last few years. And yet daily we practice tolerance toward untruth. Dismissal of historical fact, degradation of interpretive principle, plain concepts purposefully eroded, impudence toward empirical sciences; bare and slanderous celebration of ignorance itself—we call these things “politics” and change the subject. We are polite to a fault, and beyond. Each day the student, the dean, the professor make an intellectual choice: Veritas, or your manners;,Veritas, or your professionalism. Which’ll it be today?Jim von der Heydt is Lecturer on History and Literature and is the outgoing Resident...
...various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed...
...cousin's boyfriend, having her first kiss at the advanced age of 21. Where Prep was about love and social class, Man of My Dreams is very much a book about love, love, love, but Sittenfeld shows us that there is still something fresh to say about the oldest subject in the world. "Every episode is supposed to be her trying to crack the code of romantic love," Sittenfeld explains, "and skipping the boring parts in between...
...some of them are impoverished graduate students that money can be very useful both on the personal level and for research.”“And of course if one’s written a thesis one always appreciates that some people who know something about the subject have read it and enjoyed it,” he added.Many of the students also highly praised their advisers, reflecting the aspect of the award that is teaching-driven.Amelia E. Atlas ’06 said of her adviser, Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, that...
...founded the Arts First program, led a conversation with Durang in front of a sold out audience at the Agassiz Theater. As Summers introduced the controversial playwright, he noted that both he and Durang shared the same disregard for political correctness.“The more sensitive the subject, the more provocative and direct is his approach,” Summers said, before presenting Durang with the medal. During the interview, Durang discussed the inception of his play writing interest and the complaints his work has received over the years. He talked about his latest project, “Adrift...