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...High” is able to address a broad range of social problems with incomparable lightness—a lightness that makes you laugh and at the same time realize the disturbing truths of adolescent life and our education system. Maybe it’s not such a bad thing to laugh and be slightly offended at the same time. Although “political correctness” came about as an honest means to protect each other, we, in America, have created a culture crippled by its own over-sensitivity. It’s difficult to fix problems that...
...stunningly wrong, and Kanye’s regret seeps through the vocoding: “I’m not loving you / The way I wanted to.” The “you” here seems clear. Kanye and his fiancée called the whole thing off last summer, and this is his “Sea Change.” That titular heartbreak inspired the wounded but flat “Heartless” and also “Paranoid,” where an insouciant-in-spite-of-it Kanye robo-raps over melted...
...room in which the stolen items were kept. Detectives took the man into custody because of an outstanding warrant for a different incident. Catalano did not disclose the reason for that warrant, and Law School officials declined to comment on the arrest. “The one thing that we are prepared to say is that the laptops were loaners and that we have been able to ascertain that there is no private or confidential data on them,” said Robb London, the acting associate dean of communications at the Law School. The investigation of the laptop thefts...
...development over time in productions and in secondary literature. Although she reminds us repeatedly that we will never know the playwright or the definitive answer to the problems Shylock presents, Garber brings us as close as possible to this Elizabethan genius of theater. It’s a good thing that the book focuses on these better known works, as a lack of familiarity with one or more of the plays will diminish the amount of insight that one can glean. Knowing at least the basic plot proves necessary for full appreciation of Garber’s Shakespearian wisdom...
...think the thing that sets us apart is experience doing advocacy,” said Schwartz, who has served terms on both the UC and the College Events Board. “I’m the candidate with the most advocacy experience, seeing projects through, start to finish and working with everybody from administrators to alumni to students to actually get things done...