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...halaqa provides a small window into the larger story of HIS, a religious group that stands at a crossroads amid the aftershocks of the Sept. 11 attacks and what members see as pervasive cultural ignorance at Harvard about Islam...
...elegantly furnished Brooklyn brownstone that comprises the set of “Manuscript” suggests a strange mix of adult veneer and inner childishness: Toy action figures stand amid the bookshelves, exposed brick walls, and vases of roses. This contradiction was not only an element of the set (designed by Ethan A. Davis ’10)—it proved to be one of the defining characteristics of this Loeb Experimental Theatre production...
...term is open to interpretation. When students were asked whether they were aware of the definition of making it rain, responses varied. “When I think of that term, I can only conjure images of certain fluids flowing other than champagne,” said one sophomore amid the hullabaloo of the house’s dining hall. For the event, the Pfoho House Committee purchased 25 cases of André Brut champagne, totaling 300 bottles, at a bulk-discounted cost of $1,350. While the champagne flowed, it did so under the strict supervision...
...thrashed by parties loyal to Beijing, winning only 59 district council seats versus 115 for the most prominent pro-Beijing party. That result - along with a historically low voter turnout - seemed to suggest that the democrats had become a spent force in Hong Kong politics after cresting in popularity amid mass anti-government protest rallies...
...Espinal is a university professor at Simon Rodriguez University and a community leader in the lower-class Caracas neighborhood of 23 de Enero, traditionally a bastion of Chavez support where the President himself votes during elections. Espinal, who has been fighting for social change since the 1970s, at times amid police repression, says more people in her area abstained or voted against the President than in last year's election...