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...Institute of Politics (IOP) released the results of its 13th Biannual Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service yesterday, revealing that presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani are the preferred candidates among the 18-24 age group. The online survey, which sought the opinions of 2,526 U.S. citizens, also reported that 36 percent of likely Republican voters and 18 percent of likely Democratic voters said they were “dissatisfied” with the choice of candidates for their party’s nomination. Thirty-seven percent...
Harvard undergraduates were given a taste of local politics last night at a dinner joining journalists, students, and newly elected mayors at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. As part of a biannual leadership conference for newly elected mayors, hosted by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) and the US Conference of Mayors, Harvard students and their hometown politicians were given a chance to discuss local affairs before engaging with a panel of journalists speaking on the 2008 presidential election. “Even though the [new mayors’ conference] is designed for mayors, it is also...
...Sunday afternoon in the Lowell JCR, eight students in their post-brunch T-shirts and sweats stand in a semi-circle as Matthew J. Hall ’09 tidies his sheet music at the piano. The Harvard Early Music Society is rehearsing for its biannual opera, Henry Purcell’s 1691 King Arthur, going up at the Agassiz Theatre Nov. 8, 9, and 10 at 8 p.m.With the exception of Hall, everyone in the JCR looks nervous. Once the piano music starts, the semi-circle launches into a powerful operatic chorus. Impressive, certainly, but hardly unusual for Harvard...
...Tuesday I went to the Coop for a biannual tradition: comparison shopping...
...politicians. His warm, internationally acclaimed films included Xala and Moolaad, the story of a woman who tries to shield a group of girls from genital mutilation. A former dockworker and novelist, he turned to film at age 40 to reach Africa's largely illiterate masses and co-founded the biannual FESPACO film festival, called the Cannes of Africa...