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...It’s a message we can all enjoy. Yardfest’s opening act, the Upwelling, has drawn comparisons to Pink Floyd, the Police and Leonard Cohen. Commendable influences to be sure, but one wonders if the College Events Board mightn’t have chosen a group with a broader fan base: Aqua, of ”Barbie Girl” fame, leaps to mind. Apparently, the eponymous doll serves as a metaphor for soulless corporate conformity, a more resonant message with Harvard’s highbrow listeners. The choice of Third Eye Blind was made...
...Holy Sepulcher winds down the Via Dolorosa, the route to Jesus' crucifixion. Nowadays, the route is packed with pushy vendors selling Holy Water, T-shirts championing the Israeli army, sandals and gaudy junk from India. Some reports claim that the site of the church was chosen after the Dowager Queen Helena had ordered the torture of a few rabbis to reveal the location of Christ's crucifixion, and that they may have deliberately given false information...
...There was no shortage of material if Burns had chosen to include Latino subjects: A quick glance at the University of Texas web site U.S. Latinos and Latinas and World War II reveals the stories of numerous veterans, from farm-worker families in South Texas to famed members of the so-called Aztec Eagles, the 300-member Escuadron 201. The Eagles were an all-Mexican expeditionary force, organized after Mexico declared war on the Axis powers, which trained in the U.S. and then flew combat missions in the Philippines. Only five members of the squadron are still alive...
...dismissal on March 5, also includes a member of the Harvard coaching staff not associated with basketball and two senior athletic administrators, according to Director of Athletic Communications Charles V. Sullivan. Charles Sullivan would not name the other committee members.The administration hopes to have a coaching candidate chosen by the end of next week, with an official announcement released the following week, Sullivan said.According to a report in the Boston Globe yesterday, the committee interviewed former Xavier University coach Bob Stack on Tuesday and is set to speak today with Tommy Amaker, recently fired from his coaching position...
Sullivan has said that the committee hopes to have a candidate chosen by the end of next week, with the official announcement to come sometime the following week...