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...rise of Code Switch 7 is an experiment—not just in terms of their message, but also in terms of trying to get a budding theater company off the ground. Scanlan is outlining an infrastructure in which independent student theater companies with developed projects could begin to take off, benefiting from the expertise of the many producers and technicians running Harvard’s performance venues. Scanlan views the new Club Oberon space as one with great potential for Harvard theater troupes. He and the Sevens hope that their company will continue to write, invent, and perform long...
With their 2007 album “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga,” Britt Daniel and Spoon came dangerously close to being thrust from the not-quite-popular middle ground they had inhabited for at least a decade. 2002’s “Kill the Moonlight” was a critical favorite and 2005’s “Gimme Fiction” was the album that launched a thousand soundtracks, but “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” was, perhaps inadvertently, tailor-made for success in 2007 (The stripped-down rock...
According to Lieberman, runners who strike the ground with their heels feel four times as much collisional force as runners who strike the ground on the front or middle parts of their feet...
While the intentions behind this method of advertising colleges to students may have been laudable, the new tactic’s negative effects are troubling. Universities should strive to strike a middle ground between attracting applicants and maintaining the process of self-discovery endemic to the applicant experience. Rather than transforming college applications into a mindless chore, each school can opt to send outstanding candidates personal messages explaining that fees have been waived because the college has a particular interest in those particular students...
Outside the classroom, Harvard seems like fertile ground for artistic growth. The campus boasts 120 extracurricular arts associations, from the Harvard Klezmer Band to the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers. But inside the classroom, fields of creativity can sometimes lie fallow. Most courses in the arts keep a safe theoretical distance from artistic production, and thus fail to provide students with a practical understanding of their disciplines. Hands-on courses—including courses in Visual and Environmental Studies or Creative Writing—often require previous experience and applications...