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...directors of the school’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.In recent years, he served as an advisor to the 9/11 Commission—which Zelikow said he led as executive director at May’s urging. Outside of the academic realm, May was an avid tennis player, a sport which he and Wilson picked up together. May also participated for many years in a monthly poker club comprised of Harvard colleagues. “He was a man of much calmness, good judgement, and great humor, a bad tennis player, good poker player...
Dance is an art of the human body. It exposes emotions through physical manifestations, and choreography uses the rich lexicon of body language. It seems, then, that any choreographer looking to stretch the limits of corporeal expression would require performers with incredible versatility and training. But choreographers’ avid searches for such rare ability inevitably overlook one fascinating factor in human movement: disability.Heidi F. Latsky acknowledged this oversight. Previously a dancer for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance and now a member of the Hofstra University faculty, she recently choreographed a performance featuring eight dancers, four of whom live with...
...higher ability to follow such human cues. “Chimpanzees are much closer in many ways, in terms of genetics, but cannot follow this cue that we have been following since infancy.” While this mental sophistication might come as a surprise to some, an avid dog-lover attests to the study’s truth. “Of course it doesn’t surprise me that dogs behave more similarly to humans than chimps,” says Melissa C. Oppenheim ’12. “Dogs are man?...
...name Serenity came in second place with 190,000 votes. Several students said they thought it was unjustified that NASA did not choose the first-placed moniker. “This is absolutely outrageous, its totally undemocratic,” said Dylan R. Matthews ’12, an avid Colbert Report viewer. “I am morally outraged,” added Brendan C. Quinn ’12. But they were somewhat appeased when they learned of NASA’s reason for dubbing the component Tranquility. NASA chose to name Node 3 Tranquility because...
Crimson coach Joe Walsh named six seniors in his starting lineup, including backup catcher Jared Wortzman—an avid...