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...restaurant just opened - or maybe it's a club, or a Broadway show - and everyone's raving about it, but nobody can get in. Movies, though, are the people's entertainment; Hollywood exists to give its vast audience instant gratification, to have enough screens for all the masses to attend the big new movie on its opening weekend, in its optimum format. You want to see the new hit film? No problem. Theater exhibitors will increase the number of screens showing it. Buy a ticket and walk...
...does 18-year-old Matthew Kay, who has severe autism and attends the films with other young adults and the staff of the group home he lives in near San Diego. The last time Matthew was able to attend a regular movie, he was 4. (Read about whether there is a more effective genetic test for autism...
...think maybe if I’d heard about the [IOP] events a little more I would have gone,” said Anne K. McNerney ’10, a government concentrator, adding that she would have been more likely to attend IOP events had she known that some were relevant to her areas of academic interest...
...student group or are exclusive in some other way. Students often feel left out of these ideally sized gatherings, a major issue with social space on campus. In response, the SIP fund promises to support exactly the types of events that undergraduates want and that all undergraduates can attend. The parties must be located in a public space but also cannot be advertised via posters or email lists; hence, the parties are intended to be medium in size but simultaneously will be completely open to any student who wants to attend. Moreover, adding to their inclusivity and making them even...
Nevertheless, although it is only a small step, the SIP fund is still an achievement, and students should make sure to attend these parties and put the funds to good use. By supporting SIP-funded parties, students will send the signal that there is a demand for inclusive, medium-sized gatherings on campus, and that the UC and the administration should make even greater efforts to facilitate their existence...