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...aren’t more students touring the halls of the Fogg, the Busch-Reisinger, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museums? Why are there no flashy flyers advertising the exhibits dotting the Yard’s many kiosks and sandwich boards? And what can the museum’s administrators do to make their exhibit halls a more integral part of the Harvard student experience...
...lack of interest, I sense a lack of awareness among the student body,” says Alexis M. Kusy ’07, a member of the Student Friends, an extension of HUAM’s existing membership program that specifically targets undergraduates and offers invitations to exclusive exhibit openings and reduced admission to lectures and concerts...
...Inside the exhibit, the walls are painted dark blue, the space feels intimate, the atmosphere subdued, and the scrolls are older and more traditional. Buddhist scrolls from as far back at the eighth century are framed by layers of intricate fabrics and papers. The calligraphy itself is written in bold black and gold ink, and the centuries-old paper on which it is written often has its own subtle decoration. There are also personal letters and poetry; some of the texts are written out phonetically, in order for visitors to sound out the original cadences, and some are translated into...
...also points out that “Marks of Enlightenment” is well-suited for casual observers, considering the collection’s origins. Barnet and Burto were initially attracted to Japanese calligraphy without knowing anything about it and have since made themselves experts. The goal of the exhibit is to have visitors reenact the process of the collectors, from unknowing, to curious, to potentially captivated...
...Klein suggested that Bush is attempting to ?confront tyranny with utopian bellicosity? but gives the President credit he scarcely deserves. Far from exuding idealism, Bush seems to exhibit a messianic need to bring the rest of the world in line with the American way. Bush is no prophet. I suspect that for him, sending troops into Iraq (and perhaps Iran in the future) was merely politically expedient. If the President's commitment to freedom is as idealistic as it sounds, why not invade North Korea? And one might also consider the detainees in Guant?namo Bay, who lost their basic right...