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...Leos Carax (“Lovers on the Bridge”) and Bong Joon-Ho (“The Host”) have written and directed “Tokyo!”: a collection of three short films all set in the namesake Japanese city, whose common thread is the relentless push of human extremes against the edges of reality.For Gondry, that extreme is melancholy. Hiroko (Ayako Fujitani), the principle character of “Interior Design,” is the beleaguered girlfriend of an aspiring filmmaker, Akira (Ryo Kase), set with the task of finding a place...
...discussion forum College Confidential.com a February thread debating whether applying for aid will hurt a student's chances of getting admitted has been viewed nearly 25,000 times. At Skidmore, one figure suggests the answer is yes: students of color, who disproportionately applied for financial aid, made up a higher percentage of this year's applicant pool than last year's. But reflecting "the demands of financial aid," says Bates, they make up only 24% of the admitted pool this year, in contrast to 28% last year. "You've always been in an advantaged position to be rich and smart...
...event was not without context. In May 2007, a debate over racism ensued after HUPD responded to calls about an event organized by black student groups in the Quad. Cabot House residents sent a thread of e-mails questioning the presence of the student groups on the public lawn...
...Miss March” is a shitshow—literally. You know a movie is desperate when volatile explosions of feces constitute the film’s only real thread of comedy. In a world where boys will be boys and girls will be their playthings, “Miss March” slinks into a well-established lineup of testosterone-fueled “comedies” undercut by a dearth of real humor. The film lacks its own voice, and its characters are in an incessant struggle to find a wit that is uniquely theirs. Zach Cregger...
...first. “We’re not going to reach the academic achievement and academic goals that we want to reach if we have schools where staff and students don’t feel safe,” McGovern said. “School culture is the thread through all of the other goals that we’re trying to achieve,” he said. —Staff writer Michelle L. Quach can be reached at mquach@fas.harvard.edu...