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...Communist Party rose to power on the strength of its pledge to protect the rights of farmers who joined its fight to overthrow the landlord class. The current crop of Communist leaders is aware that rural unrest could spark political mayhem, especially when cell phones and the Internet can connect citizens with the click of a button. In some cases, such as in Panlong, local officials have resorted to violence to suppress the uprisings, which has only incited more rage. In response to the rising furor, President Hu Jintao announced plans last month to give billions of dollars in central...
...name, that of Max A. Newman ’07 must be added to the pantheon of Harvard’s great leisure-sport players. The Dunster House Grille played host to its first ever Connect Four Championship Tournament last night. The organizers, Dunster House residents Sophia P. Snyder ‘07 and Dara F. Goodman ‘07 postered, e-mailed, and networked their way to an entry pool of roughly 30 contestants. The music blared, the pieces clacked, and the victors rose as the double-elimination tournament rolled on through the night. Sticky notes...
Among the many causes relating to Lawrence Summers’ downfall, one that is worth dwelling on is the debate over undergraduate general education at Harvard. The college now offers, for example, fewer of the kind of survey courses many undergraduates want and need—the sort of connect-the-dot overviews of the arts and sciences that form the foundation of a liberal education. Understandably, most Harvard faculty members want to teach their specialties. The core curriculum tried to bridge the gap by emphasizing methods of study rather than content, but it doesn’t seem...
...dance that danced during the holidays. At Harvard, I joined the board of the South Asian Association and wanted to become more involved in Ghungroo, so I decided to do dance directing.” Both said dancing in and choreographing parts of Ghungroo helps them to connect with their cultural heritage in a modern society. Rohini: “With classical dance, you’re engaging in art forms hundreds of years old. There’s a dialogue between what you read in books and culture today. A huge emotive aspect brings a whole new level...
...don’t need to go down eight or 10—we should be playing defense that hard from the start.” Delaney-Smith said after the Penn game. “I thought we were tight offensively, took too long to connect with each other, took too long to see each other, were too robotic in the beginning.”She might have used the same analysis on Saturday night. Harvard outscored Princeton 50-39 after that initial 30-4 deficit.It was too little, too late—an adage too frequently applied...