October 2010
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The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives
George M. Philip, president of SUNY Albany, announced that the French, Italian, classics, Russian and theater programs were getting the axe.
The Crisis of the Humanities Officially Arrives [Stanley Fish, Opinionator Blog, NY Times]
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The Social Network is Better Than Any Play I've...
Isaac Butler, on Parabasis, observing that The Social Network is better than any play he’s seen this year:
We have to understand that this is what we’re competing with. We have to understand this both in terms of aesthetics and business practices. We have to stop assuming our audience shares our prejudices about different mediums being superior or the intrinsic value of live...