Swathed in expensive clothes of varying age- and decade-appropriateness, the women on the projector resemble “Dynasty” characters matured about 20 years.
It was not surprising that the students introducing Palestinian activist Dr. Ghada Karmi, who was soon to speak to a bustling PAC 001 on the highly controversial question of a Palestinian homeland, made sure to warn the audience to behave respectfully.
In the vein of one of those old “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels, let’s try a hypothetical scenario about the multimedia exhibit “Lenore Malen and the New Society for Universal Harmony,” showing at the Zilkha Gallery until March 2. We’ll say that, after winding your way through the art installation, you come upon a writing desk with two drawers occupying the back corner of the gallery.
Dean Daniel Teraguchi doesn’t want you to be intimidated by the Office for Diversity and Academic Advancement (ODAA), now entering its second year. The head of the ODAA rejects what he calls the “diversity police” approach to campus issues.
On Wednesday, Lore Segal read excerpts from her new novel, "Shakespeare’s Kitchen," speaking with the easy confidence of an author of her distinction and experience. "Anything can be turned into a piece of writing," she said at the start of her reading. Still, Segal life’s has offered more material than most.
My dad used to tell the most magnificent bedtime stories any kid has ever heard. Because he was studying Russian when I was young, many of his plots were borrowed from Pushkin or Chekhov. I didn’t know this at the time. I just thought my dad was particularly good at describing duels between arrogant counts and relating the existential malaise of the Russian civil servant.
There’s an anecdote about a great opera teacher who couldn’t sing a note. However, we seek that our professors be both brilliant practitioners in their field as well as competent teachers. Some may even prefer a classroom ambience of heady inspiration to the stability of a well-crafted lesson plan.
Many words come to mind when considering the talented individuals involved in Mabuhay, the Asian/Asian American cultural show. "Reticent" is not one of them.Even Saturday’s gorgeous weather did not deter a sizeable crowd of pre-frosh, students, and community members from attending the Tishler Piano Recital at Russell House. Jocelyn Bonadio ’07, winner of the 2007 Tishler Piano Competition, and finalists Youkyung Lee ’07, Hannah Nam ’08, and Kathleen Day ’07 all gave captivating performances of demanding pieces.
Students, faculty and the wider Middletown community met Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri’s recent visit to campus with a great deal of enthusiasm. The author of "The Namesake" and "Interpreter of Maladies" conducted an afternoon question-and-answer session, ate dinner with students and faculty, and gave a reading of her work to a packed CFA Cinema.
David Remnick, Pulitzer Prize winner and editor of The New Yorker magazine, spoke Wednesday night at a packed Memorial Chapel. His talk included a scathing indictment of the Bush administration, accompanied by a somewhat gentler review of the recent failures of American journalism’s coverage leading up the Iraq War. He then conducted a lively question-and-answer session that touched on topics from creeping authoritarianism in Russia to continuing media coverage of New Orleans.
Early on in Adrian Nicole LeBlanc’s Wednesday talk at the Russell House, she alerted audience members that her personal brand of long-term immersion journalism is not for the faint of heart. LeBlanc recalled the warning that a Bronx native who calls himself Boy George gave her during an interview.