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...more easily exchanged, lessons can be learned, and students can interact directly with board members. Additionally, in a smaller and more private location than the Forum room of Lamont Library—currently the venue for these appearances—students won’t have to explain to curious friends in the Lamont Café, exposed to the rest of the student body, that they are formally dressed and upset because they are to attend an Ad Board hearing...
That realization hastened jazz’s fade into the background of my own life. The curious alchemy of Harvard also played a part; my time here transmuted my interests in mysterious ways. I had once treated jazz as a possible future occupation, but during my time in college I stopped practicing and found that I couldn’t ignore the allure of rap and rock (I guess I’d been missing lyrics). I became increasingly interested in writing about music, not playing...
...extremely interested in new things, and she’s so quick and she’s so curious but she doesn’t have that stage of intimidation that most people have,” Buchmann said. “There is no pause, she just plunges...
...presidents, achieving the right balance between asking questions and defending answers has been crucial. President William J. Clinton was incredibly bright and intellectually curious. There was not a decision he made without first considering numerous questions. Yet, when it came down to questions of moral fortitude, perhaps where public opinion was opposed or indifferent to an issue, Clinton did not defend his answers. Too often, on questions such as whether gays should serve openly in the military or whether the U.S. should intervene in Rwanda, he surrendered to the prevailing political winds, to the detriment of our nation...
...walked from Matthews Hall to the Freshman Union for breakfast, he would sprinkle radish seeds alongside the pathways of Harvard Yard. His freshman year roommate Ethan D. Bolker ’59 said that Ostriker—now a Princeton professor and noted astrophysicist—was curious to see if the plants would grow. Sure enough, when the grass began to blossom in the spring of 1956, it was dotted with radishes. “He’s always had a sense of humor about him,” said his daughter Eve C. Ostriker...