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...Funky Blues’ was a transformative moment. She recalls, “I was captivated with it. I was intrigued by improvisation, yet nothing in my classical training had given me any idea whether I could do that.” Monson pursued jazz trumpet at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied in a unique program, Third Stream, which emphasized learning music by ear. Two particular courses influenced her deeply: one on North Indian classical music with sitarist Peter Row, and another on African music and ethnomusicology. Outside the classroom, Monson was introduced to other genres...
Harvard made its way onto another top-ten list last week, this time ranking sixth among the “ten worst” university laboratories in the country, according to a national animal rights group. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) pinpointed the New England National Primate Research Center at Harvard Medical School (HMS) for what the organization sees as the center’s abuse of non-human primates. PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk described the University’s laboratories as “an animal Abu Ghraib” in a press release...
...inconceivable that both the acts of torture themselves and the images thereof—thousands of photographs and hours of video recordings—were the handiwork of a mere nine bad apples operating without the knowledge or blessings of their commanders. Pfc. Lyndie England, the first to be convicted in conjunction with the abuses, testified that she was following the orders of her superiors. The Central Intelligence Agency, responsible for at least one confirmed prisoner death at Abu Ghraib, has yet to have any officer prosecuted in connection with Abu Ghraib. The evidence is damning, and yet, U.S. military...
...Britain, nor in America, were there laws against opium (or any other drug) until many decades later. Similarly, opium was entirely legal in India. While China was the largest market for Indian opium, respectable quantities were sold to the Dutch in the East Indies (now Indonesia) and to England itself. In 1839, England imported some 100,000 lbs. of Indian opium, and by 1840 it was around 200,000 lbs. There was only some social disapproval. In fact, opium, in the form of laudanum, was in widespread use, and cough mixtures including a little of it could be bought over...
...Reese picked out Jon Pelle at the far post with a perfect pass, Pelle one-timed it in, and the jubilant Harvard bench emptied to mob Pelle and celebrate the 5-4 OT win. And herein lies the beauty of sports. In under an hour, on a cold New England night, in a pair of mediocre venues cheering for one good and one not-so-good college team, you can experience certainty and shock, can feel bitterness and delight, can observe displays of breathtaking skill and woeful ineptitude, can run through a veritable gamut of emotions and emerge purified...