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...semester to focus on research. According to the Director of the Shorenstein Center Alex S. Jones, for Carroll to also teach, the KSG had to first approve him as a visiting member of the faculty. Michael A. Maidenberg—vice-president and chief program officer at the Knight Foundation??said Carroll’s national prominence and strong reputation as a journalist was the reason he was selected for the chair. “He’s really one of America’s top newsmen,” Maidenberg said. “When...
...further complaint frequently heard emanating from Harvard’s north-western annex is that of event deprivation. This particular qualm is not without foundation??most things that happen at Harvard happen in the Yard or by the river. But there’s a rather simple explanation: the vast majority of Harvard students happen to live in the Yard or by the river, and it really only makes sense to hold events where most people live. What’s more, when attempts are made to shift certain facets of student life to the Quad, the result...
...work and how that has influenced contemporary art.” Edward Said was an influential Palestinian scholar, famous for his theory of Orientalism and “the Other”—the groups of people misrepresented by those more powerful. With this intellectual foundation??supplemented by texts and discussions—it is not surprising that the students’ work is highly conceptual.Hannah B. Merriman, a second year graduate student at the Harvard Divinity School, sits on the floor surrounded by a tangled heap of fabric and thread. She lifts an elaborate metal...
Three weeks ago, two multi-story houses behind Leverett Towers were air-jacked off their original foundation, placed on wheels, rotated 180 degrees, attached to a truck, and pulled onto a new foundation??at their new address, roughly 50 feet away. While anything that stands in the path of Fair Harvard’s construction tends to bite the dust, these two houses were redeemed due to their apparent historic significance to the city of Cambridge. Graduate housing is slated to replace them in 2007. Leverett residents wonder why the gray and blue buildings were protected; even Harvard?...
...reviews for my book before are taking a second look,” Damrosch says. All the finalists will gather in New York, November 15 and 16 for a book signing and a public reading of their work at The New School before the awards ceremony, according to the foundation??s website. Damrosch says he is looking forward to humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor hosting the black-tie awards dinner at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square. “This will be gathering of some of America’s best writers,” says...