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Before the advent of the Internet, “it was the only way that you could get poetry outside of a book or library,” says Payack...
...public Christmas display—no Nativity crèche, no Advent wreath lightings—received any such attention, in the campus daily or on email lists. Surely there are still Christians on campus who cling tightly to their Christmastime traditions, but theirs do not figure meaningfully in the multicultural mélange that dominates Harvard this time of year...
...hard to keep two masters happy.” Often times, joint concentrators face conflicting expectations and contradictory advice from their two fields, with each department fighting for their methodology’s supremacy. Although some students executed joint theses elegantly, many caused administrative headaches. With the advent of the secondary field program last spring, students have been given more choice in their ability to engage in interdisciplinary study at Harvard without the significant burden of writing a joint thesis. Of course, the experience of writing an interdisciplinary thesis is still an important one, and one that can still occur...
...better remembered. Historically, says Memon, Amir Hamza's stories were narrated in episodes "as performance - it was not just a book you can pick up and read alone." Indeed, recitals often took place in front of paintings like those of the Hamzanama. But with the advent of modern printing presses, the complexity and poetical phrasing of the dastan - so perfect by the flickering light of a fire and before a richly colored canvas - began to seem affected, if not a little odd, set down in stark, black-and-white text. Amir Hamza needed to breathe the air of a premodern...
Everyone remembers the Star Wars Kid. How could you not? His wild gesticulating with standard golfing implements transformed him into an Internet celebrity overnight and was no doubt a popular source of laughter when the video made its debut several years ago, even before the advent of YouTube. But does anyone remember his real name? Did anyone even know his real name? And did anyone ever discover how this event changed the life of the Star Wars Kid? Probably not. The Internet stripped the boy of his name, of his very identity, and the danger of losing one?...