Word: formalisms
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They sit demurely in rows of plastic chairs, hands in their laps, awaiting instructions. They have been dressed carefully by their spouses and relatives in ankle-long frocks or neat cardigans, with crisply knotted ties - the overly formal style of the aged...
...Committee on College Life discussed a report on student life drafted by University officials on Wednesday, in preparation for this year’s formal review of Harvard’s academic and institutional standards. The review marks an important step in Harvard’s bid to renew its accreditation—the national certification of the University’s curricular standards issued each decade. Wednesday’s meeting provided student and administrative representatives their first opportunity to put their stamp on the report, whose initial draft was assembled primarily through the use of institutional data. Harvard...
...contact with audiences.HARVARD STREETThere were 275 licensed street performers in Cambridge last year, according to Julie Madden, Director of Community Arts at the Cambridge Arts Council (CAC). The CAC gained jurisdiction over the street performing scene in the mid-1990s, making Cambridge one of few cities to have a formal street performer program; even though the city of Boston now permits street performing, there is no established organization that oversees the newly legal practice. For the price of $40 and the time it takes to complete a short application, almost anyone in Cambridge can turn the city streets into...
...says, “Corbu Pops is a visual and sculptural exploration of modernity, masculinity, and whatever relationship exists between them.”THC: Do you have any advice for how the average Joe, who is interested in looking at art but doesn’t have any formal training, might approach your work?WPL: I think everyone should be interested in the story of gender and in stories about the power of winning and losing. In the battle of gender—at least from the written text that we have available—men seem...
...Sanders Theater. How does it feel to be lecturing in that hallowed academic space to 454 students? MK: Exciting and inspiring. The room is beautiful and makes what you’re saying feel weighty. The one drawback to Sanders is that it’s very formal and some of the students are very far away, and I can’t see their faces, so that’s a little odd. 13. FM: Your CUE ratings have describe you as “funny,” “knowledgeable...