Archives: January 2007

January 25, 2007

New movie from Grant '84 Released this weekend

Susannah Grant ‘84, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Erin Brockovich, In Her Shoes, Ever After, and numerous other films, makes her directorial debut with Catch and Release, opening this Friday. We first mentioned the film back in May of 2005. We...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:10 AM | TrackBack

January 16, 2007

Richard Wilbur '46, "happy poet"

A Canada.com interview with Richard Wilbur ‘46 describes the varied and fruitful life of “one of today’s most celebrated poets and translators.” Wilbur lives on an 80-acre plot in Cummington, Mass, and has been busy recently, with new poems published,...

Brian Meacham '97 at 10:27 PM | TrackBack

January 12, 2007

Johnson '93 in special election

Craig Johnson ‘93, currently in his third term as Nassau County Legislator representing Port Jefferson, New York, has been nominated by Democrats to run for state Senate. Johnson will be running in a special election February 6 to fill a...

Brian Meacham '97 at 01:43 AM

Taking "bizarre" course lists seriously

Professor Pavel Machala’s Political Science course “Taking Marx Seriously” has made a list of “Bizarre College Courses” produced by Young America’s Foundation, an organization of conservatives (motto: “The Conservative Movement Starts Here”) who produce the “Dirty Dozen” list every year....

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Professor Sarat on Hussein's execution

In an article titled “Pictures And Executions: The Real Scandal In The Hanging Of Saddam Hussein,” Professor Austin Sarat examines the Iraqi leader’s execution. “With so much attention being paid to the apparent recent scandal created by the surreptitiously produced...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:58 AM