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...significance in the world. E-mail lists and posters constantly advertise events with public intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and Michael Sandel, and the fact that these events happen so often is an indicator of the thriving intellectual community at our school. Perhaps when we feel that we are losing touch with this community we should blame not our fellow students but ourselves; how often do we delete these emails without reading them or glance at posters without giving them a second thought? Furthermore, many of us may still hesitate to fully participate in section discussions, where the potential to engage...
...better city, better life.” I admit that this does not lend itself to the kinds of controversial discussions that newspapers would fawn over, but the purpose of these discussion forums is not to make headlines but to increase participation. Sustainable growth and development touch the Chinese people more directly than the U.S. selling arms to Taiwan. For example, Shanghai is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, with over 13,000 people per square kilometer, and affordable living is getting harder and harder. Because of the World Expo, there already have been efforts made...
Martel writes with a smooth, almost stoned detachment, cool to the touch, which gives a distant, unreal feeling to a story that's already dangerously weird and abstract. The taxidermist's play turns out to be a Beckettian affair about a monkey and a donkey, Beatrice and Virgil, who live on a giant shirt (yes, a shirt). Beatrice and Virgil are lost, shell-shocked survivors of a massacre of animals by humans, an "abomination" they can refer to only as "the Horrors." Thus the Holocaust, denied entrance at the front door, sneaks in through the window...
...then again,” he added, “you have no football here. Except that thing where you touch it with your hands and call it football. I’m still mad about that...
...fans along the way were more than I could ever ask for, especially around the colleges,” he said. “There was this spirit that really lifts you...you go and high five them, and just that touch gets you going...