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...hand corner (Freshmen note: the rabbit is Lev’s mascot), the painting is emblematic of the spirit of Leverett House—filled with color that doesn’t clash, and eliciting comfort rather than confusion. “I think the painting is definitely the topic of many conversations in the dining hall. I think the nature of those conversations is going to change,” Resident Dean Lauren E. Brandt ’01 said. Is this new mural change we can believe...
...Even the length of the book affirms Vollmann’s devotion to his topic. In 2000, his second year researching for “Imperial,” he was already determined “to return year after year, deepening friendships, exploring sandscapes and ruthlessly studying people’s lives until Imperial became as shockingly bright in my mind as the bands of sunny grass between the aisles of a palm-orchard.” For the next eight years, Vollmann completed “Imperial” doing precisely that. His interests are equally topological...
...Rape isn’t funny,” Caleb L. Weatherl states in his article, and that “the wrong signals” is one that everyone can agree upon. Instead, rape can be terrifying, painful, and prevalent, which makes it a difficult topic to discuss. Therefore, issues of consent tend to be avoided, distorted, or completely silenced. So if the only introduction to the issue of sexual assault freshmen received was “Sex Signals,” then perhaps some could say that rape was not treated with enough “gravity...
...caught, and only 1% - a few dozen - are sold live to aquariums. Masashi Nishimura, manager of the Japan Fisheries Association's international section, who also works with environmental issues, says most Japanese people don't know much about the dolphin hunts. "I don't think it's a big topic here," he says. "As long as [their killing] is humane, dolphins are like other animals to us." The most humane technique, according to Nishimura, would be to use high-tech machines to minimize the animals' suffering. The most common hunting methods, however, are oikomi, a process illustrated in the film...
...This is meant to be a playground for new thinking on Jewish sex,” Ruttenberg said of her book. “I just sort of convened the conversation.” The book, a compendium of essays from leading Jewish and non-Jewish academics on topics ranging from masturbation to modesty, was published in June by New York University Press. Yet despite the academic credentials of the authors who penned most of the book’s essays, Ruttenberg said that she designed The Passionate Torah with “the intelligent lay reader in mind...