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...that he may have missed out on otherwise. In organizing concerts with his friends, Gilbert learned a do-it-yourself work ethic that would be the envy of many punk rock bands. He recalled having to coordinate everything from rehearsals to publicity campaigns for his concerts. “[B]eing aware of the whole range of elements that go into a concert was invaluable experience that I got in a very special way,” Gilbert said. The same hands-on, initiative-taking approach that Gilbert exercised in organizing concerts proved valuable in Gilbert’s sophomore...
...courses have a tremendous opportunity to generate interest.”Despite the efforts of a few professors and a contingent of passionate students, the place of graphic novels in the Harvard curriculum remains marginal. “Graphic novels are so tragically understudied,” says Paul B. Vankoughnett ’12, a student in Stanton’s freshman seminar. “In college I will be taking tons and tons of classes that deal with reading books or reading papers or reading articles. This is probably the only class that I will ever take...
...occur in the future. But such events, far from home and with few if any independent eyewitnesses, can quickly escalate into more serious confrontations - as in the case of the Gulf of Tonkin "attack" by North Vietnamese patrol boats against a pair of U.S. Navy destroyers that President Lyndon B. Johnson used as a pretext to win congressional support for his war in Vietnam. (See pictures of China's border war with Vietnam...
...more thing. It should be the thing.” Turk also told the audience that the district already has two programs, Responsive Classroom and Developmental Design, which provide teachers with a curriculum to help students learn how to behave respectfully. According to school committee member Alfred B. Fantini, use of these programs is up to the jurisdiction of individual principals, but the hope is that all schools will implement some kind of effort to address the issue. Marc C. McGovern, who chairs the subcommittee, said that there would be many more discussions on the issue, but that...
...online free of charge. “I wouldn’t spend on a book when I can go to Wikipedia online and then can go to Widener and look up whatever source was cited there,” Andrew L. Irvine ’12 said. Sara B. Cheche ’09 said, “if I wanted to give back to Wikipedia, I would make a donation, which is more cost-effective.” Alexander P. Biega ’10, however, said that publishing Wikipedia articles in book form...