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...plans to teach a course in Harvard’s Core Curriculum next year. One of Harvard’s greatest assets is its roster of noteworthy professors who still remain accessible to large numbers of students outside their individual departments through Core classes. In the tradition of late Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould, big names and great thinkers like Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner have helped to stimulate a broad-based interest in the sciences at the College; Pinker’s addition will make sure this important practice continues. Though Pinker will continue with...
...SORCERER. The Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players promise to transform the Agassiz Theatre into the parodied Victorian England of “The Sorcerer.” The duo’s first full-length operetta, also known as “The Elixir of Love,” follows “John Wellington Wells, a dealer in magic and spells” as he causes mayhem with his love potions in true Gilbert and Sullivan style. Though the show pokes fun at outdated Victorian values, the fresh and lighthearted score can still charm and entertain modern audiences...
Story Professor of Law Daniel J. Meltzer, who is also an Agassiz resident, said HLS must grow in order to continue to attract students and faculty...
...It’s our belief that whatever Harvard builds now will set a precedent,” said Adriane Bishko, a member of the Agassiz Committee on the Impact of Development (ACID), a neighborhood group formed last year to take on Harvard construction...
...Agassiz residents expressed fears that new HLS buildings along Mass. Ave would result in what Weinhaus called “dead space”—areas next to buildings that either contribute nothing to neighborhood life or attract teenagers and criminals...