October 8, 2006

• A Guiding Philosophy

  Today’s Birthday:
  Matt Damon
  

   

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  “Cubistic”

  – New York Times review
  of Scorsese’s The Departed

  Related material:

  Log24, May 26, 2006 –

  “The man
  who lives in contact with what he believes to be a living Church is a
  man always expecting to meet Plato and Shakespeare to-morrow
  at breakfast.”

  – G. K. Chesterton

   

  Platonic solid	Natasha Wescoat, 2004 Shakespearean Fool
  Not to mention Euclid and Picasso (Log24, Oct. 6, 2006) –
  (Click on pictures for details. Euclid is represented by Alexander Bogomolny, Picasso by Robert Foote.)

  See also works by the late Arthur Loeb of Harvard’s Department of Visual and Environmental Studies.

  “I don’t want to be a product of my environment.  I want my environment to be a product of me.” — Frank Costello in The Departed
  

  For more on the Harvard environment,
  see today’s online Crimson:

  The Harvard Crimson, Online Edition

  Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006

  POMP AND CIRCUS-STANCE CRIMSON/ MEGHAN T. PURDY Friday, Oct. 6: The Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus has come to town, and yesterday the animals were disembarked near MIT and paraded to their temporary home at the Banknorth Garden.

  OPINION At Last, a Guiding Philosophy The General Education report is a strong cornerstone, though further scrutiny is required. By THE CRIMSON STAFF After four long years, the Curricular Review has finally found its heart. The Trouble With the Germans The College is a little under-educated these days. By SAHIL K. MAHTANI Harvard College– in the best formulation I’ve heard– promulgates a Japanese-style education, where the professoriate pretend to teach, the students pretend to learn, and everyone is happy.

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