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DIED. Claydes Charles Smith, 57, co-founder of the funk-pop band Kool & the Gang (once called the Jazziacs), whose monster hits of the '70s and '80s included Jungle Boogie, Joanna--which Smith wrote--and the now standard wedding anthem Celebration, which he co-wrote; after a long illness; in Maplewood...
...matches and delivering the Crimson its first Ivy loss of the season, a loss that sophomore Ashwin Kumar called “the worst singles performance we had all season.” After losing to Columbia the very next day, Harvard desperately needed to snap out of its funk, and the team did so the following weekend by securing an impressive 5-2 victory over the Quakers (18-6, 6-1), who rode into the contest on a 12-match winning streak. The Crimson then went on to defeat Princeton and Yale in two 4-3 matches before losing...
...fall flat was the ironic moment of silence the cast held for America’s soldiers in Iraq. The joke’s blatant offensiveness inspired uncomfortable laughter initially, but as the moment of silence dragged on past the two minute mark the crowd settled into an unpleasant funk. Luckily, the musical recovered from that blunder and finished with the same manic energy with which it began. “Maude and Harold” was an affront to decency, a celebration of obscenity, and an assault on the values and institutions that most people consider sacrosanct, and that?...
...Step,” among other hip-hop staples. A deviation from the more traditional dance forms—such as those of The Harvard Ballroom Dance Team and Harvard Ballet Folklorico—is Mainly Jazz, a company which presents a mix of jazz, hip-hop, and funk. Choreographer Shruti E. Saini ’06 incorporated moves from her background in cheerleading and dancing to create a high energy piece set to ’90s hits like “Baby One More Time” and everyone’s all-time favorite...
Deviating from the more traditional dance forms represented by companies such as The Harvard Ballroom Dance Team and Harvard Ballet Folklorico, is Mainly Jazz, a company which presents a mix of jazz, hip-hop, and funk. Choreographer Shruti E. Saini ’06 incorporated moves from her background in cheerleading and dance team to create a high energy piece set to 90’s hits like “Love Shack,” “Baby One More Time” and everyone’s all-time favorite, the “Macarena...