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...Adams, Braddock composed himself and declared, “Thank you all for coming here tonight. It’s nice to see all you nerdy bastards again!” The crowd of 30 let out a cheer: a cathartic mixture of gratitude, self-satisfaction, and relief. Yes, handing in your senior thesis is certainly an emotional roller-coaster. Braddock continued, “Now, have I got an oral exam for you all. I want you all to get up here and show me the best damn keg-stand you?...
When Julia E. Schlozman ’09 visited Germany with an informally organized History of Art and Architecture (HAA) seminar last summer, she expected to discuss the artistic merits of cathedrals—not of masturbating monkeys.But when the students encountered a relief carving of just such a primate in a small Catholic cathedral in Germany, a conversation on the formal qualities of the carved lewd simian ensued. “We had to have an academic discussion about it, which was so awkward,” Schlozman says.Awkward or not, the trip and discussion highlight the way that...
...parents of some 200,000 home-schooled kids in California were stunned last week when they learned that a judge had declared home schooling illegal unless conducted by a licensed teacher. For the moment, though, those parents can breathe a sigh of relief. Yesterday, Jack O'Connell, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, released a statement saying that the California Department ofEducation will not go after parents who do not have teaching credentials: "I have reviewed this case, and I want to assure parents that chose to home school that California Department of Education policy will not change...
...home in Ch'ti-land. "I've never seen Ch'tis prouder since this movie came out. I'm also getting requests from Paris friends who never showed any interest in the north before to go up there with me on weekends. The film has given a lot of relief to a map of the north that most of France had written off as dismally flat...
...been any foul play. The drama is streamlined, and the shifting allegiance of Sister James is mirrored by the audience’s confusion over which account to believe. After the intensity of the dialogue, Sister Aloysius’ exaggerated sense of decorum infuses a bit of comic relief into the script. Wright’s production succeeds as a worthy representation of a grave parable...