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...Emerson, the mastermind behind “Conversations with Kirkland,” is perhaps the only individual on Harvard’s campus lucky enough to meet Rosanne Cash at the Albuquerque airport, bump into Lewis Black on a train to Washington, chat up Sam Waterston at an event in New York, and convince the President of Zambia to take a Boston Duck Tour. For the past seven years, Emerson has combined similarly serendipitous celebrity encounters with his natural charm and brought a wide array of interesting and diverse speakers to the Harvard community...
...intimate and informal setting that Emerson’s “Conversations with Kirkland” seeks to maintain distinguishes the events from many similar Harvard happenings. “Students get more engaged. They feel like they have some kind of impact on the event, rather than just listening to someone talking to them,” explains Loren Amor ’10, a former Crimson sports chair who became involved with the series during his sophomore year. “They are able to steer the discussion in a way that is interesting to them...
...best way they can heal is by talking about their experience and just having someone there to listen,” says Julia H. Nunan-Saah ’11, an OSAPR volunteer. “With traumatic experiences like rape, it helps to be able to recount the event to someone who will be supportive and allow the survivor to feel sad or angry, or whatever other emotions may come...
This season’s Heps should be especially exciting, as the margin between the top four teams in both the men’s and women’s indoor Heptagonal Championships in February was tight. At that event, the Crimson men and women each placed fourth, fighting against Dartmouth and Columbia for the last spot in the top half...
...addition to bringing together members of the EAC and PBHA volunteers, the event also attracted other service-minded students not involved with either program...