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...when the student who “reserved” the desk returned, they began to argue, Levin-Gesundheit said. With the new policy, “when you can’t find a desk, you can take one that has been abandoned and notify the person upon returning of the policy,” he wrote in an e-mail. “Before signs went up, I met students who thought they were allowed to reserve desks for themselves all day even though they went unoccupied for hours.” But students continue to break...
...most courageous social filmmaker. Poverty, censorship, the justice system, women's rights - the subjects he tackles read like a list of hot-button issues guaranteed to tick off the authorities. In his 1995 feature debut The White Balloon, a little girl out to buy a goldfish is preyed upon by hustlers trying to separate her from her cash. The Circle (2000) explores the intertwining stories of different women, all victims of a sexist society. And Crimson Gold (2003) is an exposé of economic inequality wrapped in a crime thriller. "I regard myself as a social filmmaker, not a political...
...never been particularly classy, which is one of its principal charms. Less charming is its defensiveness about its station. Unlike rock fans, most of whom are attracted to the music's integration of styles, some country fans--particularly those who call up radio stations in a lather--take it upon themselves to patrol a wall of genre purity. Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash got passes because they were sui generis. Not so Buck Owens, who in 1965, after a few experimental dalliances, took out an advertisement with a career-saving loyalty oath, "Pledge to Country Music," in the Music City...
...beneficiaries of all that hope and energy unleashed upon the New World, you certainly feel an obligation to honor it. So, field trip--great idea! But that night we got a surprise...
...Harvey Burstein, a professor of security at the Northeastern University College of Criminal Jusice, wrote in an e-mail that the security cameras may or may not be viable in court. “A lot would depend upon their authentication and what they might contribute of value,” he wrote. “The rule of thumb for the admissibility of evidence is that it must be lawfully obtained, relevant and material...