Word: commoners
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...that level we can communicate easily.” He emphasized infusing education with compassion. “The brain alone will not bring joyfulness or happiness,” the Dalai Lama said, adding that “one must practice love, compassion.” Compassion is common to all religions, he said, stressing interfaith understanding. School of Education spokeswoman Amy Rollins said that the Dalai Lama’s message exemplified the school’s mission statement, “to generate knowledge to improve the life of all learners...
...Brigade, have strengthened folk music’s presence at Harvard. But while tradition plays an important role in Gurney’s music, he is not afraid to push at its boundaries. “We are trying to show how different kinds of music have more in common than you might think,” Gurney says. “Bluegrass, jazz, country and Celtic—they can meet up and find some common ground.” And just as traditional music has expanded its reach among Harvard students, Gurney himself has become a presence...
...when Ehrlich was a freshman, b. good offered a lifetime supply of burgers to whoever best demonstrated that he or she would make the ideal “cousin” to the newest patty place in the Square. Ehrlich and his roommates, hanging out in their Wigglesworth common room, jokingly compiled a list of eight reasons why Ehrlich should win—“4. My blatant lack of a love life will make me a better cousin. Don’t you worry about me missing any meals because of me going on a date or studying...
...texture. Each line is thought of as its own thing. If you’re just banging out chords on the piano it sounds sort of strange and you think, wow, this is kind of modern.” The program is tied together not only by the common time period of the pieces, but also by the theme of the works. “It’s all music that presents an emotion of sadness, but in very different ways,” explains de Bakker. “Madrigals are often about people who have died...
...shop. When she started high school at St. Ann’s in Brooklyn, she began taking acting classes and performing in shows. When she got to Harvard, though, Sherman decided not to participate in the theater scene. She opted out of Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s Common Casting and spent her time with classes and adjusting to a new school. Worried about the shows’ intensive rehearsal schedules, Sherman says, “I didn’t think I’d have the time.” She spent her freshman and sophomore years...