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...funn-ay Val-ahn-than,” he sings as his colleagues look on incredulously. This awkward moment—the kind in which only one party realizes that the interaction is bizarre and the other believes they are behaving in a completely normal fashion??is characteristic of the tender Israeli comedy “The Band’s Visit.” In this much-lauded film, the eight members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra find themselves stranded in Israel when they take the wrong bus on their way to a performance...
...careers and the issue of brain drain, Harvard graduates are not all aspiring to be i-bankers for i-banking’s sake. A corresponding “brain gain” trend is gaining popularity. For some students, this means completing the cycle in the most direct fashion??leaving Cambridge to apply their education in their respective cities, states, or countries. But many other students, both American and not, are exploring other ways to plug the drain.GOING HOME WITH A MISSION Mariam O. Fofana ’06, a Quincy House tutor and researcher at Massachusetts...
...problems. Such a standardized test would inherently enforce norms as to what subjects students should learn and what skills they should have, norms that could be quite different from university to university, and with good reason. A liberal arts education cannot be measured in such a rigid fashion??it’s largely not about marks on tests or grades on transcripts—it’s about teaching students to think, to broaden their experiences, to expose them to different viewpoints, to prepare them to live more rewarding lives—all objectives nearly impossible...
...always championed the stalwart Protestant notions of moderation and sobriety. Not that I am a Protestant (I’m descended from shiftless Irish potato farmers), but I think those values are important, especially in fashion and drug abuse. That’s why I was slightly disturbed by fashion??s recent adoration of wide-leg pants. Wide-leg trousers were all over New York’s fashion week, and have recently been embraced by such luminaries as Fergie (god, “Glamorous” is so awesome!!!) and Eva Mendes. I don?...
...they, the C-list of the celebrity world, are not usually validated.WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSEWhen one goes to the tents at Bryant Park, it is actually quite a mindfuck to realize how large the world of minor celebrity actually is. Vaguely recognizable people from all aspects of entertainment and fashion??winners of reality TV shows, pundits on VH1, and the like—lumber through the tents in matted fur coats and are ushered to the fronts of lines in droves.The C-list gets priority seating and huge amounts of media attention (I have never seen Kelly Rowland...