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When officials began proofreading the course catalogue last summer, one error may have received more than just a cursory glance from an editor's eye. Amidst numerous misspellings and addenda. Paul C. Martin '51, dean of the Division of Applied Sciences, received an unexpected promotion--to dean of the Faulty of Arts and Sciences...
...Cambridge Licensing Commission denied Ruggles' license application amidst neighborhood lobbying to curb the flow of alcohol in the Square. The State Alcoholic Beverages Commission subsequently rejected an appeal on the local decision...
...ears from the corrosive influence of fun music. The phenomenon of Joy Division cannot be overestimated; the music on their seminal, but now largely unlistenable, albums Closer and Unknown Pleasures was probably the most depressing ever put to plastic, but it thrilled a European rock elite looking for depth amidst the backlash of post-punk...
Americans, impressed first by the quality of Japanese cameras, then TV sets, then cars and stereo equipment, are now beginning to hear about another top-quality product: the education system that has produced so much success. Amidst cries in the U.S. of "back to basics" and "on to excellence," the rigorous pace and pressure of Japan's schools, the required curriculum and the unquestioned authority of teacher over pupil all possess an appeal for Americans who have heard some thing of how Japanese education works and who remember some-thing of how U.S. education used to. But the patterns...
LIKE A momento mori bared amidst a medieval feast, the Harvard-Radcliffe Summer Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra horrifies while it captivates, an anomaly in a world of frothy fun and glitter. And like that sobering skull, the play, staged as it is in late July, reminds us that--both literally and figuratively--glorious summer will quickly fade to autumn and winter. O'Neill lets us know that even while comedy and music, sunshine and song still cast their spell, death and decay lurk inevitably in the shadows. They need simply wait...