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Looks at soap opera parodies written, directed, acted, and televised on college campuses. Boston College's latest soap entitled "The BC"; How Harvard has the oldest college soap which aired in 1984; Other college soaps such as Duke's "Ivy Tower," Boston University's "Bay Side," and the University of North Carolina's "General College"; Comments from Gabby Winkel of "Soap Digest"; How Billy Crudup got his start on a college soap.

Looks at the issue of race in the remake of the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," directed by Tim Burton. Review of how the movie translates Roald Dahl's 1964 novel into a twenty-first century experience without diversifying the cast; Comments from Burton regarding his decision not to diversify the cast; Comments on the issue from Christy Glaubke, associate director of Children Now, a non-profit that studies media and children.

The article looks at books about business by Jim Collins. "Built to Last" is the 1994 book he coauthored that spent years on best-seller lists. "Good to Great" remains a fixture on best-seller lists more than four years after publication. Today Collins estimates that nearly half his speaking invitations are from the nonprofit sector. But many have had trouble applying his wisdom to their ventures, which cannot measure success by stock price or offer big raises to motivate employees. So last month Collins self-published a booklet called "Good to Great and the Social Sectors."