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...Crimson poll which surveyed more than 300 people about which band they would like to see perform at the Undergraduate Council's Springfest, students gave the decisive nod to the Wallflowers (29.7 percent of the vote), a grammy-nominated alternative rock group...
...glory around. "This is a great moment for independent films," he says. "It shows that risk has its rewards." The risks are mostly of finance, not of film form. The big winners among little movies didn't dabble in delirious innovation (the hallucinogenic Trainspotting got only a screenplay nod). The primary appeal of their stories is not to the young mass audience, which prefers spectacular fantasy and broad comedy, but to older viewers, more sophisticated and more sentimental, liberal in their politics and conservative in their desire for humanist affirmation--folks very like the typical Oscar voter. This audience wants...
...learning was acceptable because these were the future professors of America and they were, after all, at Harvard. These two statements may be true; however, in combination they do not guarantee good teaching and all too often produce TFs who are simply teaching sections for the $3,000, who nod and say "uh-huh" at anything that bears resemblance to a remark in basic English...
...ultimately wins you over. Lucas' mission is to entertain, and if such an end involves resorting to a few old standards of dialogue and theme, then so be it. "Star Wars" neither poses nor answers any metaphysical questions that will keep the moviegoer scratching his head. Lucas merits a nod of the cap for a refreshing change of pace
Green says her office gives the nod to "interesting and talented people," adding that they come from all walks of life...