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...more than just sleep schedules and workload. In the wake of Sept. 11, many universities quickly added courses that sought to answer questions raised by the attack--the University of California came up with dozens in just two weeks. The air of crisis has subsided, but the Ivory Tower continues to find ways to address topical issues. Students this fall will find a book-bagful of courses--from Martha Stewart to the military--that acknowledge what's happening in the real world. Here's a TIME sampler of some newcomers to the catalog. --By Maggie Shnayerson...
...market starts to open at 7 a.m., and most stalls are fully operational by 8 a.m. Note also that Chatuchak gets unimaginably busy, so don't operate in an unwieldy brigade. Split into mobile hit squads of twos and threes, and arrange to regroup at the prominent central clock tower (the vital landmark was donated by the market's Chinese Association in honor of the Thai King's 60th birthday...
...weekend away with Grandma or Grandpa is also a natural way to dispel stereotypes about aging. "Many kids today aren't around older people on a regular basis," says Cady Goldfield, a spokeswoman for Elderhostel, which offers almost 200 intergenerational summer programs. "To see Grandpa rappelling down a water tower or Grandma hiking up a mountain--better yet, to do it with them--is to see how vital and energetic the current population of grandparents is. It breaks all the rules for the traditional grandparent-grandchild interaction...
...child in millions of adults as well) to put down their joysticks and remote controls and once again read books. But ?litist snobs like Yale Professor Harold Bloom predict the Potter books will end up "in the dustbins everywhere." Bloom has obviously been ensconced in his academic ivory tower so long that he can't appreciate good, old-fashioned yarn spinning. Or is it possibly just a severe case of envy? Maybe he can't stand the thought that a nonacademic, former welfare mom from out of nowhere can write the biggest-selling children's series ever and become fabulously...
...fluffy summer action movie should be headed by America's most beautiful serious actor (or seriously beautiful one) paints a flummoxed smile on the faces of Depp's admirers. This is, after all, a film based on a Disney theme-park attraction--not a cool thrill machine like the Tower of Terror or a camp classic like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride but the staid Pirates of the Caribbean. For this project, Depp put aside the nutsy-greatsy auteurs of his past (Tim Burton, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Jim Jarmusch) to team up with Gore Verbinski, a director whose prime...