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...mixture of pop culture, personal identity, South Asian heritage and tasteful ethnic humor, while “The Matchmaker,” written by Tania R. James ’03 and performed by Munshi and Namarata Bhasin, made fun of the superficial public identities that South Asian Americans adopt??such as becoming a doctor, earning a lot of money, and marrying a “good Indian boy.” In the more serious “Harvest,” T. Riya Sen ’07 tries to cope with her husband?...
...told one newspaper. “I’ve got a smiling face to wake up to and a smiling face to put to bed.” And for those women not ready to raise a child, there are countless anxious families waiting for a child to adopt??according to the 1988 National Survey of Family Growth there are an estimated 3.3 adoption seekers for every actual adoption...
...stickers emblazoned with the Adams seal—but nothing quite worked. Eventually, after Pforzheimer defeated Adams in a “war” of nutrition, which included a football game, a tug-of-war battle and a musical theater production, Adams agreed to “adopt?? Pforzheimer House. Residents of that Quadded fiefdom partake of the joys of Adams dining without having to resort to any subterfuge or indignity. But all other non-Adamsians wishing to enter its veritable cafeteria paradise were subject to the same inconsistently-enforced interhouse dining restrictions that were in place...
While he mentioned that there were two main styles of leadership that people could adopt??soft spoken and thoughtful or aggressive and dominant—he urged the graduates to always listen and not shy away from seeking advice...
...dumb jock” phenomenon. I have witnessed more than a handful of athletes all too ready to adopt the persona. Sadly, we are an introverted community and do not commit ourselves completely to dispelling the stereotype. The “dumb jock” persona is easy to adopt??it gives the illusion of identity and those outside the athletic community will grant it to you willingly. But in the end the “dumb jock” graduates miss much of the rich world of opportunity Harvard offers. And so, that stereotype has a nasty...
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