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...existing concentrations—like music—that are currently more oriented toward history or theory. Certain measures can be enabled by existing funds for the arts and optimistic financial flags like the $5 million portion of a gift from David Rockefeller ’36. In this effort to increase the accessibility to artistic opportunities on campus, the task force has addressed the dearth of artistic engagement within our day-to-day study. It is a shame that in all the administrative discussion of curricular review and General Education, tardy attention has been granted to the production...
...George Washington tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the nation’s capital. Down by seven points in the final minutes of regulation to the Huskies, Harvard stunned the crowd by rallying to force overtime. Several clutch baskets by Northeastern denied the Crimson a thrilling win, but its spirited effort and resiliency is definitely something Harvard can build on. “I think our team grew up a lot tonight,” said junior guard Jeremy Lin after the game, in which he led the team with 18 points. “We’re starting...
...point, Ifill asked the McCain team to name the greatest Faustian bargain it had to make. Davis and McInturff both mentioned the burden that McCain endured because of his support for the continued military effort in Iraq, an adventure that American voters soured on years ago. Axelrod chimed in to disagree. "There is no doubt that the war was a complicated issue," he said before adding, "I would argue that the biggest Faustian bargain McCain made was switching his position on the [2001 and 2003] tax cuts ... He essentially tied himself to the Bush economic nostrums...
...Lehman Brothers collapsed, and Sept. 26, the night of the first presidential debate. During that time, Axelrod said, Obama established himself as a "safe change" candidate. McCain, meanwhile, announced a suspension of his campaign and a plan to suspend the debate (which was later aborted), and showed an underwhelming effort in his return to Washington to support the federal bailout package - which led him to cancel an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. Davis, who approached the event with humor, admitted, "The most damaging thing was pissing off Letterman...
...political parties. In the interim, a caretaker regime of technocrats has set about trying to tackle Bangladesh's wretched record of corruption and reform its volatile electoral politics. Results have been mixed, but the government now looks ready to deliver on its promises for free and credible polls - an effort that's not going unnoticed. Earlier this month, U.S. Senator John McCain, the defeated Republican candidate for President, declared on a visit to Dhaka that "this has the possibility of being the fairest election, perhaps, in the entire world...