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...sunglasses came on and the band launched into a well-crafted version of Britney Spears’ “...Baby One More Time.” Taking the stage last was Start, Go!, who also put out a fairly tight performance with their brand of Dashboard Confessional rock. General pop-punk gave way to one or two good slow burners. The five song set was highlighted by their new track “Cut Like a Knife” which showed a lot of promise, but a between-song MySpace plug seemed to turn off a few crowd members...
...student handbook, the Classics department unanimously approved a final draft of a new, more flexible curriculum on Tuesday afternoon, according to the department’s director of undergraduate studies, Mark J. Schiefsky. The new set of requirements no longer includes the department’s unique general exams or its decades-old mandatory reading list, although they remain popular with many students. Its seven tracks of study are being reduced to two—Classical Civilizations and Classical Languages and Literatures. The latter track will require fewer language courses than current language-intensive tracks.Now that a final version...
...nine men preparing for lives of contemplation and self-denial in the Protestant ministry. Now, it consists of 6,700 undergraduate men and women preparing for lives of contemplation and self-denial in the current economy. With the demise of the Reason and Faith requirement in the new General Education system, religion at Harvard seems to have completed its trajectory from prime focus of the classroom to just another extracurricular activity. On the Harvard website, “Religious Groups” inhabit a drop-down menu of activities cheek-by-jowl with “Academic & Pre-Professional...
...19th century, women reportedly swooned in response to Liszt’s dramatic performances and threw their handkerchiefs onto the stage in passionate admiration. No one fainted at Symphony Hall on Sunday, but Lang’s masterful playing and impeccable style has not gone unnoticed by the general public...
...apartment. (Gray pulls the same trick during a rain-soaked car chase scene in “We Own the Night.”)Unlike his marginally superior previous effort, which made no bones about being a police thriller, “Two Lovers” suffers from a general languor borne of Leonard’s lack of purpose and lack of definition. He has a mild speech impediment (which sounds exactly like Phoenix’s inebriated Johnny Cash), yet can pull out dance moves no white man has possessed since the late 70s. He effortlessly seduces...