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...news both for Harvard and for our students.” “Harvard is starting to play a very meaningful role in the lives of Cambridge students,” he said. “I think it’s another big step in improving town-gown relations,” School Committee member Nancy Walser said, who wrote about the initiative on her blog. Fowler-Finn first initiated discussions about the possibility of admitting CRLS students to the College when he assumed his position as superintendent in August 2003. “What I was really...
Think of it as luxury on loan. Whether it's the chance to drive a Ferrari or wear a Giorgio Armani gown, it's less about the cost and more about flexibility, convenience, choice and, ultimately, control. Exclusive Resorts, a membership-based club, offers access to more than 300 palatial vacation homes in Tuscany, Costa Rica and Mexico with as little as a day's notice. The World, a yacht that serves as a floating condominium building, lets out its staterooms for six-day cruises. In New York City, where socialites appear?and are photographed?at several galas or events...
...opera that lives and dies on the strength of its illusion: the elaborate sets seem to have a mind of their own, lighting is yet to be refined, and the opera's young star, Rachelle Durkin, emerges from Alcina's pool of eternal youth in a flowing Pre-Raphaelite gown that is entirely see-through. "Go with it, Rachelle," the director calls out from the auditorium, "and we'll be looking at it from all angles...
...Auburn Street. Beantown’s infamously “r”-averse brogue is conspicuously absent here on campus. This slight difference in inflection underscores a vast cultural schism between those affiliated with Harvard and Boston’s locals—a divide that dampens town-gown relations and could hamper the University’s plans to expand into Allston...
Tragically, this is just the sort of irrational opposition Harvard is bound to face as it marches into Allston. As a University, we will need to bridge the town-gown cultural divide if we wish to minimize the number of impediments politicos such as Galvin will surely impose. Banishing the letter “r” from campus is a sure-fire way to start...