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...attending class should never be a burden. So why do we insist on running for the door? It may be a symptom of our speed-obsessed society, in which multitasking is necessary just to keep up. With easy, instantaneous modes of communication—like e-mail, Facebook and text messaging—and devices that allow us to do all three while buying coffee and flicking through a newspaper, we’ve grown accustomed to jumping from one activity to the next without giving anyone our undivided attention and care. According to a report...
...A.R.T.) production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” is not the play that many studied in high school; it is instead a contemporary piece of political commentary. French director Arthur Nauzyciel’s interpretation departs from more traditional readings of the text and presents a modern visual interpretation that attempts to create something altogether new. In this new production, which will run at the A.R.T. until March 16, Nauzyciel modernizes the fight for democracy and political power in ancient Rome by allowing the audience to connect the themes of this 400-year...
...do—to prevent future tragedies like this one? In NIU’s time of mourning and questioning, our thoughts are with the university and the families and friends of those killed or wounded in the massacre. Reassured by the Harvard’s opt-in emergency text-message alert system and the presence of Harvard police, it is easy to forget that every campus—including our own—is vulnerable to attack. Kazmierczak’s rampage was not a result of failing campus security at NIU. On the contrary, officers responded immediately...
...displayed an impressive ability to talk for hours without a text, but his train of thought was occasionally derailed. At times he would start a sentence with a shout but end in a mumble. Quoting obscure passages from Jonathan Swift and reminiscing about old political battles, Foot seemed like a ghost from the past, "a kind of walking obituary for the Labor Party," as Guardian Columnist Peter Jenkins put it. In the dwindling days of the campaign, journalists began comparing Foot to another doomed figure, King Lear...
...woman’s experience. The term could also apply to the entire film. After “Sylvia,” Guerín screened “Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia,” a succession of black-and-white still photographs and text reminiscent of silent films from the twenties. The photographs represent Guerín’s observations of women in an urban setting and offer different points of view on Guerín’s vision of a city and its female inhabitants. Guerín’s other...