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While many may consider Harvard the perfect preparation for a career in investment banking or law, Allison I. Rogers ’04 used the school to help her accomplish quite a different goal—winning the title of Miss Rhode Island. Currently the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resource Efficiency Program coordinator of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Rogers said that her experience at Harvard helped her snag the pageant honor on April 22. Rogers credited the academic rigor at Harvard for helping her face the interview portion of the contest, during which a panel grilled...
...commented on the reasons for her success: “I think that is the 64 thousand dollar question,” he said. “Emily is a phenomenal person, with tremendous desire and determination. She sets her sights very high and works very hard to accomplish all these things.” “I think that is one of the things that happens when you come to Harvard,” Brand added. “No matter whether you’re in a perceived minority sport, or a football player, or a virtuoso...
...flow of Ritter’s poetic lyrics and wolfish voice. The way Ritter lets his style meld with each new addition creates tracks that are simplistic and relatively shallow musically. Although each song on its own doesn’t contain layers of orchestration, the album manages to accomplish musical depth as an articulate whole that strings tracks together like mismatched beads. The sequencing of the album also helps it to cohere well, with upbeat numbers alternating with more subdued songs and rhythms. Ritter’s gentle aesthetic is what makes this album listenable, but at the same...
...four pages of analysis that Paglia allots to each poem, she can only accomplish so much. “Break, Blow, Burn” is a fun and smart read, but poetry lovers may prefer to delve into more focused criticism...
...growth and a certain static quality to the characters and situations. This drawback, however, was more than offset by the play’s ability to present a wide variety of experiences and to shift rapidly between humor and pain without seeming forced, a far more difficult task to accomplish within a more traditional narrative. When less continuity of character and plot is necessary, the subject matter can shift from dancing to death without inducing whiplash. In combining two plays written in a similar style but years apart, Gentry has created a hybrid that meshes surprisingly well. The male...