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...Harvard exhibits the full diversity of its artistic talents this Arts First weekend, the campus’s Native American community is making sure to display its contribution to Harvard’s culture. On Saturday, Native Americans from the student body and beyond will gather to demonstrate their continued strength and cultural achievements in the 15th Annual Harvard University Powwow, a traditional honoring of Native customs...
...powwow is a celebration of native songs and dance,” says Steven H. Abbott, Associate Director for Recruitment and Student Affairs at the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP). “It’s really about celebrating the community that’s here at Harvard, as well as the larger community here in the Boston and New England area...
...powwow aims to both bring Native Americans together and to welcome in people who may have far less experience of these events. Cesar Alvarez ’13, an event organizer who is affiliated with the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes, says that one of the Powwow’s key goals is to show the importance of native culture to Harvard. Since this year marks the 15th anniversary of the Powwow, the 40th anniversary of HUNAP, and the 360th anniversary of the signing of the Harvard Charter—which stated the young university’s commitment...
What, then, is the point of this law? Regardless of its intended impact, it functions to enforce racial divisions already deeply entrenched in American society. Needless to say, Arizona’s new stance on illegal immigration does not constitute a constructive way to deal with the issue—an issue that certainly needs addressing. In the meantime, we can only hope that other states confronted with similar circumstances do not follow Arizona’s embarrassing lead...
...2006’s “Notes on a Scandal,” the film is presented so artfully that we are not ashamed to take a perverse pleasure in its debased thrills. The filmmakers manage to give a gorgeous sparkle to their sleaze and delight the American viewer with their Britannic bag of tricks: lush landscapes, finely tuned turns of phrase, and pretty accents with elongated vowels...