Sectarian War in East Ramapo Schools

Reported and written in May 2011.  The full article is also available at Thanassis Cambanis’ website. Steve Forman, one of Ramapo High School’s assistant principals, was stunned to find on a recent morning that his town’s sectarian feud had spilled into his school. On the blackboard in an empty classroom, someone had scribbled: “IT’S THE [...]

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Using “chick flicks” as a mirror

100 giggling women, all looking for a relaxing night with the girls. 85 mobile phones on silent mode. 62 cups of Diet Coke. 43 buckets of caramelized popcorn. 12 packets of tissues, for those with particularly high levels of internal emosonal attyachar. And 1 standard-issue chick flick, with correspondingly standard-issue character clichés, “funny enough” situations, [...]

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