There's no real nostalgia for the cold war in "Absolute Friends," but there is a palpable yearning for the hectic, hopeful student life that Mundy and Sasha shared in Berlin in the waning 60's.
"Art School Confidential," in contrast, is indifferent to the niceties of framing, lighting and narrative rhythm, as muddled and hectic as a student art project pulled off in a single, desperate, caffeine-fueled all-nighter.
It must have been a hectic fall for students at the Juilliard Dance Division, with each of the four classes learning fresh choreography for New Dances: Edition 2012.
It will give a sense of well being to the hectic life of a student when they come into the building, when they look out of a window, and when they are going home.
Few would argue that the life of a graduate student is hectic.
The whole hectic night gives college students valuable hands-on experience in designing and conducting an experiment in real life, said Bonnie Klentz, a social psychology professor at Stonehill College in Connecticut who was not involved in Karlan's work.
However, there are also general obstacles involved in the process of conducting any project whether it is local or overseas, such as the recruitment of volunteers, the maintenance of the commitment levels, the procurement of funds, which arises from the increasingly hectic lifestyles of medical students and the inherent difficulty in obtaining cash.
From my adult students, I hear hectic work stories and anecdotes about their spouses and children, and I've congratulated them on birthdays and babies.
Ed Copeland, a professor of physics at Nottingham University who worked under Kibble in the mid-1980s at Imperial College, says he was always happy to talk, despite hectic schedules, if a colleague or student was looking for advice.
