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During the week, Daniel P. Gurney ’09 learns theory and composition in the Harvard Music Department, where he recently composed a string quartet. On weekends, Gurney leaves the campus behind for Boston’s Irish pubs, where he plays jigs and reels on the accordion. “As far as the department is concerned, the accordion is my secret life,” he says. While tradition is important to Gurney and his music, he is eager to push at its limits. Over the course of his time at Harvard, Gurney has brought together traditional...
...notes David J. Tischfield ’09. “I get known as the pottery guy.” A Neurobiology concentrator in Leverett House, Tischfield is one of two winners of the Louise Donovan Award, which is presented to those who have been influential behind the scenes in the arts at Harvard College. Tischfield has produced the “Clay All Night” pottery event for the last three years, teaches four classes every year in the Ceramics Program’s satellite-studio in Quincy House, and frequently exhibits his own work...
...Simpson. “Does it mean cutting certain programs? I’m worried that decisions of that kind will be extremely grave decisions that would be very disruptive.”John M. Duffy, chair of the classics department, said he is similarly unsure of the meaning behind the phrase, calling it “a visionary approach without exactly having a clear vision.” Smith may be deliberately withholding details to stimulate discussion among faculty and staff—or Smith himself may simply not have enough details to dispense, Duffy said...
...actual art form,” Laubacher says. “When I got to Harvard, it was a perfect way to get involved in a student group and play an integral role from an early stage.” Building this sense of community was the motivation behind HSDC, a group that hopes to serve as a forum where students interested in stage design and technology can connect. “There’s a tendency for techies and designers to spread themselves out,” Laubacher says. “There’s no unifying...
...encouraging projected trend, economists said that the news was far from positive. “We don’t appear to be in free fall anymore,” said James H. Stock, the chair of Harvard’s economics department, who also helped develop the methodology behind the index a decade ago. “But we’re probably going to see continuing declines in Massachusetts for at least several more months.” In contrast to the figures for Massachusetts, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday that gross domestic product in the U.S. shrank...