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In a 1969 letter, Mbeki describes his admiration for the central character in his favorite Shakespeare play, Coriolanus, who set out, as he wrote, with "truthfulness, courage, self-sacrifice, absence of self-seeking, brotherliness, heroism, optimism." Mbeki aspired to the same qualities, to be a "person who does good, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

In honor of John Harvard’s 400th birthday, filmmaker and Harvard Box Office employee Michael Van Devere wrote and directed a fictional film depicting the last night of the J. Harv’s life. FM sat down with Alex R. Breaux ’09, who played...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Statue's Reincarnation | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

Most people who know Rachel M. Berkey ’08 think of her as a sweet girl. But it wasn’t until last June that she gained global recognition for her sweetness when she was crowned the 31st Sigma Chi International Sweetheart. Each chapter of Sigma Chi...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sweetest of Sigma Chi | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

It’s an arduous journey from farm to plate.The average vegetable travels 3,000 miles to your dining hall, spending up to a year locked in near-freezing storage chambers. By contrast, the diced squash served in the dining hall last Friday was raised on a small New...

Author: By Cora K. Currier and Athena Y. Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: ‘Locavore’ Trend Picks Up on Campus | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

On the whole, the songs are extremely witty. The main cast and the ensemble perform them with aplomb, albeit with a style that is slightly over-dependent on kick-line dancing. A particular standout is Polk’s Ko-Ko, whose every emotion plays itself out exaggeratedly across his...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'The Mikado' Makes For Good Fun | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

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