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...James M. Larkin ’10, who is a Crimson editorial editor, said, “The Advising Fortnight events put the fear of God in us when the conversation turned to acceptance rates. It was made to seem difficult to satisfy Social Studies’ stringent guidelines...
...acting awards went to two performances of grieving spouses. Konstantin Lavronenko was cited for The Banishment, the Russian film about a crumbling marriage, in a slim fortnight for male actors - though Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem would have been more than worthy for their roles in Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men. This was a year for les femmes, with many films about woman isolated in their passion or misery. One of those performances, Jeon Do-yeon's in the Korean Secret Sunshine, was the favorite to take Best Actress...
...Still, over the fortnight certain favorites have emerged among the critics. Few would be surprised if awards went to the Coen brothers' crime drama No Country for Old Men or the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days. Either Josh Brolin or Javier Bardem, the hero and villain of No Country, would be a fine choice for Best Actor. Jeon Do-yeon, the addled widow in the Korean Secret Sunshine, and Asia Argento, in An Old Mistress, give just the sort of passionate, showy performances that win Best Actress awards. And there are other films, esteemed by the critics, that...
...enough of an ordeal. Sundquist’s tray hits the revolving belt in front of the dishwashing depot, and within seconds, its owner has swung one khaki-sheathed leg onto the contraption so that he can lean over and converse with the staff. A few words with Advising Fortnight-hawkers, some hand-slaps in the breezeway, and he’s finally out. The bulk of the day’s meetings are still ahead.‘REAL ISSUES’First up is Maryellen ‘Mel’ McGowan ’09, the campaigns...
...first-ever Advising Fortnight allows—some might say forces—freshmen to explore the 44-concentration cornucopia that Harvard has to offer. There is no doubt that (in classic Harvard style) overeager students will take advantage of joint concentrations and secondary fields to mix and match, making the possibilities endless...or exactly 1,640, for all you math concentrators. Here are a few: East Asian Studies + Music = The Song Dynasty Earth and Planetary Sciences + East Asian Studies = Sailor Moon African and African American Studies + Linguistics = a concentration that clicks Environmental Science and Public Policy + Engineering Sciences = Greenough...