Across the Quad

Goings | Landings | Comings

Posted by on Jan 19, 2012 in 2011 Fall Issue, Across the Quad, Archives, In the Magazine | Comments Off on Goings | Landings | Comings

GOINGS Class of 2011 is attending 85 colleges and universities 12 of the 85 are public institutions 7 students are matriculating at single-sex colleges 10 students are planning a gap year before college Top Choices Harvard 13 Cornell 7 Boston College 6 Tufts 6 Amherst 5 Columbia 5 George Washington University 5 Georgetown 5 Washington University in St. Louis 5 Wesleyan University 5 Farthest Away University of St. Andrews, Scotland Closest (by a hair) Boston University Highest Altitude U.S. Air Force Academy (2,041 meters) Lowest...

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5 Movies I’m Taking to Hell with Me

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5 Movies I’m Taking to Hell with Me

Charade (1963) Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, serious money and Paris. What more could you ask for? Jonathan Demme loves this movie as much as I do and remade it with Thandie Newton and Mark Wahlberg. He was kidding, right? My Man Godfrey (1936) Carole Lombard was never goofier, and William Powell is her perfect match. Both are nearly upstaged by Alice Brady as Lombard’s mother. “The Forgotten Man” theme seems very relevant in today’s economy. The African Queen (1951) Hepburn and Bogart are at their best working from a script by James...

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