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What makes this programming choice even more eccentric is the fact that all three soloists were professional musicians, imported especially for the occasion. It would be at least understandable if HRO had chosen the piece to spotlight three student musicians: the division of labor, and the relative simplicity of the solo parts, would make it ideal for students. Indeed, it should have been possible to find a student pianist, cellist and violinist who were more than equal to the task--concertmaster Salley Koo '97, for example, who was outstanding in the Shostakovich symphpony...
...idealism is a bad thing. There is nothing wrong in believing and wanting to improve the situation of those around us. Of course, I am not blind to the social realities of racism, sexism and cultural misunderstandings; if I were, I do not think that I would have ever chosen to volunteer in the first place...
...SFJB is composed of six students--four undergraduates picked by lot and two graduate--as well as six faculty members and a chair chosen by the dean of the Faculty...
Since 1915 Houghton Mifflin has published a yearly collection of The Best American Short Stories, an anthology of short fiction published in magazines across the United States and Canada in the previous year. For each volume, one of the nation's most distinguished novelists is chosen to be the guest editor (recent past editors include Richard Ford, Louise Erdrich, and Jane Smiley). The editor is blindly presented with 120 stories, chosen by the series editor, Katrina Kenison. Blind presentation means that the authors names are concealed up until publication of the selection. This year's guest editor John Edgar Wideman...
Naturally, any given editor will produce a selection reflecting his own passion and his particular vision. In his introduction, Wideman explains the binding theme that he has chosen for this year: "I was seeking and found in the stories I've selected some hint that imagination can change the world, that the world is unfinished," and true to these criteria each story seems to have an outlet for the fantastic or the unbelievable...