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A female translator takes on Virgil's quintessentially manly classic, the Aeneid. Technologies for genetic screening, manipulation, and enhancement are advancing at an astonishing rate. Are our ethical guidelines keeping up? asks Anita L. Allen. Innocent MotivesPrenatal screening is not eugenics. Let's calm down and get our scientific and historical references straight, writes Ruth Schwartz Cowan. First ThoughtsCritical MassReviews of Shakespeare's Wife, by Germaine Greer. SuspicionWhen racism was overt, its victims knew who scorned them. Now, who can tell? Paranoia reigns, and not just the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's, writes John L. Jackson Jr. Israel at 60A history of scholarly contention surrounds a contentious history between Jews and Arabs, writes Carlin Romano. Books & Arts
Lessons From Kenya
Failures in lasting democratic reform led to recent violence, writes Makau Mutua. A new film and book show the scandal at Abu Ghraib in a different light, writes Louis P. Masur. 
Nota Bene A novel by Lionel Trilling discovered in the archives; and two books about Japanese detective fiction. ObserverSpirited PursuitsBoth faith and learning are matters of mystery and humility, writes Laurence E. Musgrove. |
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Brainstorm: Lives of the Mind
Dan Greenberg Stan Katz Why Solitaire (Might) Make Professors Better Obama as Muslim Apostate? Rubbish, Says Juan Cole Higher Education CommentaryTHEY'VE EARNED AN EDUCATIONThe young people serving their country in Iraq and Afghanistan deserve a GI Bill as good as the one waiting for their grandfathers after World War II, says James Wright. (Illustration by Michael Morgenstern) SCIENCE CLASSES FOR BUSINESS STUDENTSTo reflect the needs of the modern global marketplace, science and technology courses should be added to business-program curriculums, write Shari L. Laprise, Charles Winrich, and Norean Radke Sharpe. REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITYEven, and perhaps especially, in lean times, colleges and universities should help their surrounding communities, says Eugene P. Trani. Portfolio
JEWS AND URBAN PHOTOGRAPHYA photograph from the exhibition "Looks Given/Looks Taken: Jews and Urban Photography," at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor's Institute for the Humanities Gallery. LettersFood for the Body as Well as the Mind 
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The Brown Bag: Mary Jo Olenick, a higher-education architect at the S/L/A/M Collaborative, will answer questions about how the college campus needs to be reimagined by planners and architects in light of the cellphone generation. Join us for a live chat on Thursday, May 22, at noon, U.S. Eastern time.
The Brown Bag: Liz McMillen, editor of The Chronicle Review, will answer questions about the many recent changes in The Chronicle's opinion and commentary sections, both online and in print, including what editors are looking for in each section and what readers like and don't like. Join us for a live online chat on Thursday, June 12, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
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