Conversazioni
to examine responsibility and historical inevitability
By Brian
Fitzgerald
Why did the chicken cross
the road? According to Karl Marx, "It was an historical inevitability."
So goes the old joke. However, over the years, many have taken issue with
the Marxist belief that historical events could have developed only in
the precise way they did. If you believe in free will, can you also believe
that there is such a thing as historical inevitabilit
Scholar
offers poignant first-person account of overcoming autism
By Hope
Green
Stephen Shore has spent his life confounding other people's expectations.
When he was a toddler, a psychologist recommended that he be institutionalized
after diagnosing im as "psychotic with autistic tendencies."
Fortunately Shore's mother disregarded the advice, and his condition improved
under her care.
ENG
staffers engineer time for art outside work
By David
J. Craig
Growing up the child of Jewish Iraqi immigrants in Jerusalem in the 1970s,
Zvi Aziz Ben Dor found refuge from the crime and boredom of the streets
in a run-down movie theater in the poor east end of town.
SPORTS
Three key players
Hoops
head McKeon jump-starts the season with a trey By
Jason Pallante (COM'02)
Courting
success
Men's
basketball picked to lead America East By
Brian Fitzgerald
ARTS
CAS prof's filmmaking odyssey has dramatic
results
By Hope Green
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