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Tight budgets have led to some strange choices in the past. Artists who have performed at Springfest range from bands well past their peak, like the Violent Femmes in 1999, to novelty acts, like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in 2000, to downright bewildering choices, like God Street Wine...
...loss is the result of downright theft, the work is no doubt done by a single individual who will almost inevitably be discovered and can then be expelled from the Union and from the University. If, however, it comes from a carelessness of others' rights, from an unwillingness to "play the game fairly," the case is harder to deal with, though only a relatively few men may be involved. Most clubs are exclusive precisely in order that men of this stamp may be kept out. We are trying to run the Union on a generous democratic basis, and we insist...
Nowhere was the downside of high definition more apparent than at the Academy Awards in February, when the few viewers with HDTV caught Hollywood's biggest stars working the red carpet. By some accounts, actor-producer Michael Douglas, 59, ruggedly handsome on film, became downright old, especially next to his high-def-defying spouse Catherine Zeta-Jones, 34. Even the thirtysomethings had their problems. Renee Zellweger's lightly blotchy red face showed through her makeup. And gorgeous fashion model turned actress Uma Thurman took a hit: the blush on those high cheekbones looked exaggerated and clownlike...
...none of this changes the fundamental fact: Class rings are downright silly. They are a waste of students’ money and a waste of the council’s time...
...great works of literature, challenging widely-accepted scientific research or synthesizing the intricacies of history. However, many students are more prone to writing a sonnet, painting a picture or composing a symphony—and the traditional academic atmosphere at times can feel stifling to creativity, if not downright hostile. This move is a sign of positive changes, legitimizing often disregarded creative impulses. Last month in a small forum in Kirkland House Junior Common Room, University President Lawrence H. Summers expressed a strong commitment to the visual and performing arts at Harvard, and his concerns about the disparity between critiquing...