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First and foremost, Harvard swimming and diving is an Ivy League team.Traditionally, the Ivy League and ECAC championships fall on the same weekend, leaving the women’s swimming and diving team with a decision to make.“In the past we’ve had a big enough team to go for a dual championship,” co-captain Jackie Pangilinan said. “But, since we have such a small team this year we could only send five girls to ECAC’s. Our top priority is the Ivy Championships...
...Blier says. “Some of them were born in Africa and grew up in the West. Others grew up in the West and have parents in Africa. Some of them wish not to be considered as African artists because they consider themselves to be artists first and foremost, and that by putting an adjective to their work, for some, it’s seen to be diminishing to the ways in which they want to engage with art more generally.”“Many of the shifts that are occurring are spatial, and in that...
...will never stop helping whoever is in need, even if it is going to cost my life, because I know I'm doing the right thing." While she is Shi'ite, as is most of Karada, she describes herself as secular, not sectarian, and as an Iraqi first and foremost...
Many critics of climate neutrality stand aghast at the cost that greenhouse gas reductions would inflict upon Harvard. These criticisms, however, are flawed for two reasons. First and foremost, many of the efforts towards neutrality would actually save money. Harvard’s Green Campus Loan Fund has achieved a return-on-investment of 26 percent—a higher return than the endowment—by funding efficiency and conservation measures that pay for themselves within five to ten years. Efficiency savings could be used to fund other aspects of emission reduction, such as investment in renewable energy...
...most accomplished black playwright in this nation’s history,” sparked a public debate on the matter with his 1996 speech at the Theatre Communications Group biennial conference. In this speech before a largely white audience of the nation’s foremost theatrical professionals, Wilson specifically attacked Robert Brustein, theatre critic for The New Republic (TNR). Prior to the conference, Brustein had written several articles for TNR and The New York Times on the dangers of allowing sociological concerns overtake artistic merit in competitions for public arts grants.“Brustein?...