Word: groupe
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With a plethora of ethnic and social groups on campus, there seems to be a group for everyone, from the Asian American Association to the Black Student Association to the Southeastern Europe Society...
...When you come to school, you're expected to conform to one group, and that's hard," she says. "It's like being pre-med and going to law school but not knowing anything about...
Doshi says he has come to a similar conclusion. Doshi, a member of the Multicultural Issues Forum--a group which aims to raise awareness of diversity and tolerance of multicultural issues on campus--says he sees his identity as "peripheral," though he has become more conscious of his identity since coming to Harvard...
...arts scene at Harvard has seen a proliferation in the number of dance groups on campus. One such group are the Gumboots dancers. Affiliated with the Harvard African Students Association (HASA), the Gumboots dancers celebrate a dance that orginated in South Africa. In their free time, miners "discovered" the musical potential of their workboots and slapped and clapped in rhythm. This pastime then evolved into a more intricate step-dance. One dancer, Karin Alexander '02, says that "the story of the gumboot fits into the wonderful, though pain-ridden, history of our continent. The dance expresses all of that...
Mwashuma Nyatta '02, a veteran member of the dance group, says the group makes an effort to reach out to students that might not be well-rehearsed in gumboot dancing. "We try to incorporate anyone that has an interest in the dance, whether in HASA or not. So it's basically a voluntary amalgam of students that have chosen a creative way to let loose their Monday night stresses...