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Indeed, a common thread among a cappella singers is that they participate more for themselves than any audience. “Making the music is more important to me than having the music received,” Shukla explains. “Everyone wants to be able to express themselves—more so than they want to feel the self-actualization of showing up on stage and having people clap for them...
...actually getting to know him.In the information age—or the iPod age—or the indie age, or whatever, music is self-defense. In his New York Times review, film critic A. O. Scott observed, “The tunes that play alongside their nocturnal adventure express longing, sadness, anxiety and joy with more intensity than they can muster themselves.” Sounds pretty good to me. Maybe I’ll put those tunes on my playlist.Jillian J. Goodman ’09, a Crimson arts writer, is an English concentrator in Quincy House...
...Obama pins, stickers, and posters flooded OM Restaurant & Lounge last night as supporters of Democratic nominee Barack Obama gathered to raise money and express their enthusiasm for the upcoming election. The standing-room-only event—entitled Harvard for Change: An Evening with Harvard Faculty for Obama—was hosted by Harvard’s myriad Democratic student organizations, including the Harvard Kennedy School Democratic Caucus, Harvard College Democrats, Harvard Business School Democrats, and Harvard Law School Democrats. Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Harvard College Democrats, stressed the event’s goal...
...teachers union. The United Federation of Teachers has sought a temporary restraining order against a district policy that bars teachers from wearing campaign buttons in the city's public schools. The prohibition, union officials argue, is a violation of teachers' First Amendment rights to free speech and political expression. "It doesn't matter whether you support Obama or Republican Senator John McCain," UFT president Randi Weingarten said at a press conference. "As voters, we all should have the right to express our views...
...impact of a few hundred fans booing and whistling during the playing of La Marseillaise, traditional before an international match, could be measured by the outpouring of rage from scandalized French politicians. They were falling over one another to express outrage and find effective sanctions against those responsible, and deterrence against any recurrence. Ironically, it took the politicians longer to give coherent expression to their anger over the greed-driven global financial crisis than it did to excoriate some rambunctious soccer fans...