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...bigger accordions.” His childhood also exposed him to Irish music, now a focus of his performance. In his small town in upstate New York lived an Irish priest who played the concertina, a mini-accordion. “He would have concerts every week with great Irish musicians. Afterward they would have jam sessions,” Gurney says. “It was a lucky way to get into the music.” Gurney, who describes his heritage as “half-Italian, half muddy European question mark,” has since done...
...graduating class headed to a job in business, consulting, or finance. Many of these students were lured to the business world because of the lucrative financial benefits associated with such jobs. Unfortunately, many public-sector jobs require students to sacrifice the opportunity to make a great deal of money. A student with a summer internship at Goldman Sachs, for example, will receive a much higher salary than a student working for his local congressman. Commendably, Harvard has taken great steps to address this inequality. The IOP’s Summer Stipend Program offers a stipend to students working...
...paper-loving heart. The Kindle is essentially the iPod of books, allowing users to download a wide range of literature and magazines wirelessly—you’ll never need to hold a wonderful, lovable book ever again. Perhaps for techies and Green People, this is a great leap forward for the absurd idea of “paperless paper,” but for all of us who venerate the real thing, the Kindle is just another injury in a long list. As I watched the instructional video on Amazon, they progressed through the gamut of its features...
...high school, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, drew her into the theater world. After that, there was no looking back. Laubacher even served as an intern for the celebrated Williamstown Theatre Festival one summer, where she learned about commercial work in the arts.“The community of great people who were handy but also design-oriented attracted me, but I fell in love with the actual art form,” Laubacher says. “When I got to Harvard, it was a perfect way to get involved in a student group and play an integral role...
...good for you, but you’ll probably go for ice cream instead.” “American Violet,” Haney says, will engage and entertain its viewers more than the theatrical equivalent of broccoli might. “And there are some great performances, about things in life that matter to young people,” he adds.“The essential point of this story for me,” Haney says, “is the inspirational leadership of this one ordinary woman...