Word: backgrounder
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...significant, it is filtered and interpreted by several different like-minded perspectives. Such experiences themselves are limited because, in another university environment, students tend to drift toward a lifestyle similar to the one they practiced at home. The standard class-study-party triad rebuilds itself with a more interesting background. There is little opportunity for interaction with locals and local culture, other than with shopkeepers and teachers—relationships that will always be one-sided...
...choice in particular stands out: The ticket of Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 and Alneada D. Biggers ’10 has the vision and experience that make them uniquely qualified to lead the UC in the coming year. Schwartz and Biggers come from a diverse background that involves leadership in the UC and out. Schwartz has served as Vice-Chair of the Student Activities Committee (SAC) and College Events Board (CEB), while Biggers is President of the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) and Secretary of the CEB. This rich and varied background is reflected...
...passion of Milk’s, as a way to highlight the film’s turning points. In particular, the repetition of Puccini’s “Tosca”—one of Milk’s favorite operas—serves as a background for important events in his life and dramatizes his political and personal struggles. The music of “Tosca” underscores one scene in particular, in which Milk laments to Scott that he’s 40 and has done nothing with his life. This scene, which occurs...
...albums so successful, it is clear that the group is trying to expand to an even broader audience. Moving beyond their synthesizers and electric guitars, “Day & Age” introduces new sounds, like steel drums, saxophone breaks, and disco orchestration. There are even a cappella background vocals in “This Is Your Life.” Producer Stuart Price—whose résumé includes work with Madonna and Seal—attempts to mix this hodgepodge of new sound into something resembling genius. Yet Price, coveted for his work in electronica remixing...
Waite, the publisher of The Harvard Salient, does not have a background in comedy, but found material on YouTube, including ads from the Lyndon B. Johnson-Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964, to help shape his campaign. His running mate, Alexandra A. Petri ’10, is a co-president of the Harvard Stand-Up Comedy Society and a member of On Harvard Time, making her one of four UC candidates this year who have worked on the show. She also writes a biweekly column for The Crimson...