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...stringent rules governing study abroad were made for a good reason: that most study abroad programs are taught by faculty far less distinguished than Harvard’s, offer classes far less rigorous than Harvard’s and essentially consist of a four month drunken rave through a European (or Asian, or Latin American) city...
...allowed to use athletic department facilities—with only 8 treadmills, 10 elliptical trainers and a bunch of exercise bikes and Stairmasters. By contrast, Yale has an eight-story athletic complex with a 13,000 square foot cardio and weight-training space dedicated to recreational use. Students there rave that their facility is “better than Gold’s Gym,” and speak about “a serious pride in Yale’s athletic facilities...
...service at Grace Street consists of songs, a 10-minute break to socialize, communion, and a sermon by Schlecht— sermons which get rave reviews...
...origin except when the story mandates that an additional non-English language be predominant." That rule was used to reject the U.K.'s original submission, Asif Kapadia's The Warrior, which is in Hindi. A Western take on a Japanese fable transplanted to India, Kapadia's directorial debut earned rave reviews and three nominations at this year's BAFTA awards. The film has a second-generation British director, a British screenwriter and British backers - yet was considered insufficiently British, since it was shot in India with Indian actors speaking Hindi. "I'm appalled," says The Warrior producer Bertrand Faivre...
Like its cousin the sneaker, the tracksuit came into the fashion mainstream via the street, through hip-hop and rave culture. The sweat suit became a B-boy uniform partly because disco gear did not lend itself to the gymnastics of break dancing. Another influence: music legends like Bob Marley, who adopted sweats as a uniform (and may have been drawing on the much iconized image of tracksuit-clad John Carlos and Tommie Smith giving black-power salutes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics...