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...intellectual manpower” onto her legal pad. But if there’s one quality Eastspring didn’t add to her effusive list of Harvard’s reputed traits, it’s that most Harvard students—even if they can only speak English??are bilingual. For instance, the night after spotting Eastspring in the Yard, I ran into her in the Eliot House dining hall, where she was sassily spreading cream cheese onto a bagel at brainbreak. But here, she seemed to be speaking in an entirely different language...
...upcoming presidential election. Given the liberal tendencies of the art world in general, it comes as no surprise that much of the political street art of the day is in support of Barack Obama. The most prominent endorsement of Obama has come by way of conceptual artist Ron English. English??s art tends to concern itself with American popular culture—he’s best known for his lampoon of McDonalds and Disney brand imagery—and Obama as a rising cultural icon seems to have caught his attention. English recently released prints...
...been followed to determine the truth of the matter.” He explained that the Faculty Council generally vets the case before bringing it before the Faculty. “This is a vote to make it permanent,” he said. JUST PLAIN ‘ENGLISH??A vote to change the name of the Department of English and American Language and Literature to simply “Department of English?? passed at yesterday’s meeting, Department Chair James T. Engell ’73 offered up a humorous yet passionate...
...works of the English language. While the department’s current name implies that only works from the Anglo-American tradition would fall within its purview, in fact authors from backgrounds ranging from South African to Polish are routinely taught in its courses. What unites these authors is English??not the nationality, which is implied by its placement alongside “American” in the current department name, but the language. This may appear insignificant, but there are larger principles at stake here. Without precision, language loses its meaning. In his famous essay, Politics...
...concise writing, the name “Department of English and American Language and Literature” might be considered a bit clunky. As a result, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote on whether to trim the name to the more manageable “Department of English?? at its next meeting on April 8. The proposal for the name change was passed yesterday by the Faculty Council, the 18-member governing body of the Faculty. The department itself already uses the shorter name, with several endowed professorships carrying the name “Professor...