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...least had an attitude, and that's what director John Singleton's Shaft lacks. It begins by focusing on an upper-class racist murderer (Christian Bale) whose motives we don't quite believe. So the movie quickly shifts its attention to a sly, brutal, self-regarding Latino drug dealer (Jeffrey Wright). You can understand only about one in three words he speaks, but you catch his very scary drift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Has Shaft Been Shafted? | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

...With full randomization, first-years were no longer allowed to select an upper-class residence based on preferences that often included House reputations and interest-clusters. Since Houses couldn't be intentional communities, many students turned their attention to other College-wide affiliations outside of their assigned House: teams, clubs and non-residential friendships...

Author: By Geoffrey A. Fowler and Dawn Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Treading the 'Bleeding Edge' | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...upper-class students moved in last fall under the eyes of several dozen Security Systems Inc. (SSI) employees. Eight months later, the University is hesitant to call the transformation a total success...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Who Watches the Watchers? | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...halcyon" pre-war years, first years had moved directly into upper-class houses, but as the housing crunch grew to near crisis, all residential upperclassmen were moved out of the Yard and the surrounding dorms into the Houses to clear room for the first year class. The practice of making first-years "Yardlings" continues today...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Class of 1950 | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

...halcyon" pre-war years, first years had moved directly into upper-class houses, but as the housing crunch grew to near crisis, all residential upperclassmen were moved out of the Yard and the surrounding dorms into the Houses to clear room for the first year class. The practice of making first-years "Yardlings" continues today...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Guard of the Ivory Tower | 6/5/2000 | See Source »

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