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...Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $12. Striking, confident, and mysterious—it’s no surprise that the subject of John Sargent’s “Madame X,” a fair, dark-haired woman in a black evening gown, caused a scandal at her first appearance in 1884 and has been a style icon ever since. This year, the Harvard Vestis Council has made Madame X the inspiration for its fashion show in an effort to take her beyond her distinctive black dress...
...community involvement at Harvard and beyond.” But to those who say that we aren’t integrated enough into the community, I point to a “real” university town—Oxford, England—as an example of how town-gown relations can sour when students are too tightly woven into the community fabric.The so-called “Battle of St. Scholastica’s Day” occurred after rising tensions between townsfolk and Oxford University students—tensions attributed to students being governed by the University...
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...maroon beret, puts his palms on either cheek of his lady companion, and then swoops in to kiss her savagely. Then, just down the way, a very pale white woman appears in Nigerian garb that she has been saving for just the proper occasion: an ankle-long, garish purple gown with green-glimmering sequins. She is emaciated—presumably by choice, not because (like a good many of the Africans she studies) she lacks food—and she is stumbling down this long, paisley-print carpet with a precarious glass of red wine.Lest I erroneously draw myself...
...seeing it. While it’s hard to imagine many Harvard students will want to read about community issues like parking, senior services, and education, Eisner says she thinks the paper does offer a lot of relevant content. She points to its coverage of municipal politics, town-gown relations, and community arts—areas that campus publications like The Crimson and the Independent don’t always have the resources to cover. In the meantime, the person behind the effort will remain invisible, watching from the sidelines as the experiment unfolds...