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...explains the artwork in the room. From analyzing the subtle techniques employed in Agnes Martin’s minimalist paintings to commenting on a wooden carving in the shape of two figures–“this artist was probably self-taught, probably a father’s gift to a son,”—Lue explains his passion for all types of “immediate personal expression....It’s another form of communication. It’s a way that can be indirect but even more powerful...
...sure, there certainly are a number of strictly religious traditions that go along with the Christian observance of the holiday, such as attending church on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day or prayers of thanksgiving for God’s gift to the world in the form of Christ. However, these are not the traditions that secular and non-Christian individuals have taken up as their own for their celebrations, so it’s difficult to see where the problem with the widespread celebration of this holiday lies...
...year-old males will matter less? Will all our driving habits, love lives, sense of humor, our art and soul, be changed because the fear of death is defused, our sense of mortality vague and distant? Will be it harder to treat each day as a gift if we think we'll get so many of them...
...Phillips Brooks House (PBH) modestly collected toys for five child service agencies. Today it’s targeting twice as many agencies—aspiring to collect more than 1,000 toys for needy children in the Cambridge and Boston area. After a two-week drive to collect gift items ranging from stuffed animals to DVD players, the PBH Holiday Gift Drive will wrap up tomorrow. The gift drive is been an opportunity for Harvard’s employees to give to the community, said Zandra Kambysellis, the PBH department administrator in charge of the initiative. “Given...
...Distinction in Teaching, and will not be eligible for the new Derek C. Bok Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Undergraduates. TFs who happen to teach under professors who scoff at students evaluating them are unfairly excluded from these distinctions, which now—thanks to a recent gift to the University—include cash prizes...