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Born in Taiwan, Ho was 12 years old when his father lost an eight-year battle against cancer, and his mother was institutionalized for illness shortly thereafter. Adopted by a sympathetic aunt, Ho arrived in the United States at the age of 13, unable to speak English and never having played football. “He’s a great example of the human spirit,” says Coach Tim L. Murphy, Head Coach for Harvard Football. “What are the odds that a kid who lands in the United States basically as an orphan with...
...first got to Harvard it was difficult for me, because it was a very different environment. I was black, but I didn’t feel like I was from Africa, nor was I African-American. People would ask me, ‘Why are you Nigerian with an English accent?’ It was weird always having to explain myself, and I was constantly feeling a need to conform to something or to be somebody,” explains Johnson...
...with film crews blocking off Dunster Street and celebrity sightings in CVS. But Harvard's relationship with tinsel town doesn't end where the set begins. To coincide with the release of “Bright Star,” the new romantic film about the great 19th century English poet John Keats and his love interest Fanny Brawne, Harvard’s Houghton Library has launched a new exhibit. The display, titled “John Keats and Fanny Brawne,” showcases some of the few relics of a romance that fans have long been left...
...Keats room is a permanent feature of the Houghton Library, as a constant ode to one of the most popular English poets of all time. Although Keats died at the age of 25, he left a lasting impression, not just with his poetry, but also his personality. Keats scholar Professor Jack Stillinger said, “He had a short life and not too much in terms of outward events, but we have his letters and see he was an attractive character, a nice guy. That connection makes him more valuable...
...became more religiously devout after his parents' deaths, corresponded with al-Awlaki, an American-born imam who led a northern Virginia mosque where two of the Sept. 11 hijackers worshipped. After al-Awlaki departed the U.S. in 2002, eventually ending up in Yemen, his sermons and teachings - delivered in English - apparently became a source of inspiration for the Fort Dix six and some of the young men who eventually left the U.S. to join al-Shabaab, the Islamist group in Somalia. (See the top 10 crime stories...