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Harvard is sexy. And now we have proof. Sonia Dara ’12 was recently featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2010 against the smoldering background of Rajasthan, India. An economics concentrator who is currently taking a year off for her modeling career, Sonia says in her Sports Illustrated interview, “What I like about Sports Illustrated and the girls who grace the cover is they’ve all gone on and people recognize them, people know them and it’s allowed them to pursue what they want...
...fewer people would say [the latter] is permissible, regardless of religious background,” Hauser said...
...space constantly hums with the energy of a living, breathing workspace; at various points, the background features a tailor tending to dressed mannequins, messengers running back and forth, and secretaries laboring silently on their invisible type-writers...
...extent, both seek to understand the membrane between art and science—the liminal area between art and science that has spawned many a discussion, particularly as the sciences continue to grow beyond the confines of their laboratories and into the cultural mainstream. Cavanagh, in discussing whether a background understanding of visual perception can inform the study of art, acknowledges that it certainly depends upon what the individual in question is interested in studying. He gives precedence to an understanding through symbolism and cultural context in many instances. Fehrenbach, too, occupies a bit of this middle ground...
...have come to expect from the former King of Sparta. The trailer, in which a stiletto-clad Jennifer Aniston is stuffed in a trunk, handcuffed to a bed, and tackled, has such an air of comic exuberance that one almost expects to hear a laugh track looping in the background. The presumption that these scenes of intra-couple rage will inspire anticipation rather than disgust begs the question: when did violence against women become so trivial—and so hilarious...