Cross Campus: 9.4.08
Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Cypresses have been drawing crowds of up to 1,200 a day to the Yale University Art Gallery since the iconic paintings’ arrival on June 15, museum security guards said. The exhibits run until Sept. 7.
The venerable Harold Bloom, 78, is alive and well — and teaching. The noted literary critic was spotted standing outside his Shakespeare seminar while the shoppers wrote timed essays to apply. Asked why students should still study Shakespeare, Bloom replied, “because who else is there?”
Because their own convention wasn’t fun...
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By (Anonymous)
1:27p.m. on September 6, 2008
On the other hand, I might actually care about things overheard on campus, as opposed to the pretentious bleating of the opinion pages.
I felt like I was reading the rumpus...what is this "overheard on campus" stuff...I thought this was supposed to be real news...write news stories. you should be ashamed.