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English concentrator and thesis writer Howard P. Shöwentel ’04 has devised a clever way of deflecting assertions that he took the easy way out in choosing to write a “creative” thesis, a screenplay no less. Says Shöwentel, “I just tell them what they want to hear—that the movie follows a gang of five ninjas who trek across the ends of the earth seeking retribution against a renegade one-eyed pirate who, in epic battle, shot their father in the back...
...years on his fellow freshmen, one class is still causing him grief—Expos. “I haven’t written a paper for a number of years now, and I’m sitting there like ‘Oh my God! I have to write a 5-page paper! Help!’” he says...
...crucial difference with KIPP is the direct leverage that principals have over their budgets. As the Thernstroms write, “Even with private contributions, KIPP-Bronx is still short-changed by regular New York Public Schools standards.” But its leaders are empowered to spend their allotted money as they see fit, which allows KIPP-Bronx to pay its teachers more and avoid the bureaucratic waste that plagues so many urban schools. All the KIPP representatives I contacted stressed the vital importance of such fiscal, and personnel, control...
...where does this leave us in real-life terms? Well, when I agreed to write this article, I was not so naive to think I would eradicate the now-common practice of the “all-nighter” prior to exam day—a practice that I’m sure is as old as formative examinations themselves. And, while I truly believe that sleep deprivation after the fact is devastating to those newly formed memories, perhaps I can think orthogonally. Perhaps I can offer an alternative suggestion...
...occasionally seem poorly executed. Readings of the play looking for a rigid message or in-depth treatment of themes on a level beyond the atmospheric might have further qualms. Indeed, Scott R. Wilson ’04, Lorenzaccio’s dramaturge, should never, ever be allowed to write a playbill’s notes again: his program assertion that directorial decisions to ‘collide’ characters reveals “a careful (Foucauldian) attention to the fluidity of conceptions of gender and sexuality in the Renaissance and their relevance for today” is just silly?...