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...complete—a complete life.’”Professor Hildegarde Heynen of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and a current fellow at the Radcliffe Institute is completing an intellectual biography of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. The architectural historian presented a lecture on the topic on Wednesday, Feb. 20.“First of all, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy had a very interesting and very exceptional life,” Heynen says in a telephone interview. “Second, she was very important in the ’50s and ’60s at a critic...
...complain listlessly about how their lives were being consumed by Tocqueville or Moroccan Dance Theatre. “You people are boring freaks. I will never wear a ragged Harvard sweatshirt every day as a symbol of my inner pain.” When my thesis on the beloved topic of Edwardian drama first started to get intense, I was excited for the wardrobe possibilities. I went to Lamont cafe every day and sashayed around in thigh-high boots and mini skirts. I imagined myself as a sort of Twiggy among the stacks. I listened to The Kinks. I learned...
...biannual “Sex Week at Yale, ” an interdisciplinary program that discusses sexuality in America. Founded in 2002 by Yale graduate Eric J. Rubenstein, the program serves to explore love, sex, intimacy, and relationships through seminars, concerts, a published magazine, and discussions centered around topics such as “The Chemistry of Love,” “The Female Orgasm,” and, of course, “The Great Porn Debate.” Among various celebrities of the love world, including Dr. Ruth and Mystery of VH1?...
...Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged world leaders to confront the looming water-shortage crisis [Feb. 11]. He should instead urge them to grapple with the underlying cause: overpopulation. While it is admittedly a very sensitive topic for social, religious and personal reasons, it is worth debating. Overpopulation is the root cause of poverty, war and almost every other problem. In a few short years, 9 billion people will inhabit this shrinking earth. If leaders continue to bury their heads in the sand at the mere mention of the subject, the resulting problems and suffering will affect many generations...
...moving story. I challenge anyone not to cry at the end of ‘E.T.’ I don’t think you’ve got a heart and soul if you don’t. Grieveson is currently writing a book that has a topic similar to that of “Law, Order, and Cinema,” one of the two courses he’s teaching at the College. LG: The book seeks to think about the way in which cinema has been used by various bodies which seek to influence...