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...collegiate sphere, there do seem to be idealized forms for professors. Lecture is heavily visual: Students sit and observe, as an audience. Otherwise, we could all listen to recordings in our rooms. Practically speaking, a professor’s image can enhance—or erode—the individual academic experience. Stereotypes of intellectuals range from the mad scientist to the bearded philosopher. In “A Beautiful Mind,” John Nash is the absent-minded eccentric, focused on game theory rather than his wrinkled clothes. And who but the venerable, bespectacled Dumbledore could have watched...
...Beijing visit: it welcomed Chinese involvement in South Asia and spoke of Beijing's ability to "promote peace, stability and development in that region." In New Delhi, this was read as a sign of U.S. acceptance of China viewing South Asia - India's neighborhood - as part of its own sphere of influence. Chellaney saw the statement as a "return to a kind of Cold War thinking where two great powers can dictate terms to a lesser one." China's long-standing border disputes with India, and its building up of the Pakistani military, makes many in New Delhi reluctant...
...government should not be in the business of regulating what films can be shown at colleges. As adults, college students are capable of deciding what is and is not suitable for their individual viewing. Despite being in a publicly funded location, these students are acting in a private sphere within which government interference has no place. What might be the limits of what some politicians find offensive? The policy’s precedent invites worrying implications...
...women of color - who have long been heads of household, sole or co-breadwinners, single parents, and caregivers to children and seniors. While many of our white counterparts were fighting for workplace equality, we were already working - as their maids and nannies, as well as outside the domestic sphere. I applaud TIME's vital look at the American woman and challenge you to explore her in all her colorful, varied glory. Brittany Packnett, Hillcrest Heights...
...rewards you lavishly for doing next to nothing and for propagating its viral spores further and further into your social network, thereby perpetuating its existence. In fact, Mafia Wars isn't so much a game as a parasite: it lives in the petri dish of the social-networking sphere and feeds off your attention. Try to quit, and it begs and bribes you to fall off the wagon again. It's just a game, but it's like the real mafia in that one respect: just when you think you're out, it pulls you right back...