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...While Neill’s primary motive for living in the Co-op was to discover whether he wanted live there for the following term, Edward Jou ’08 was simply looking for a cheaper housing alternative. This past summer, Jou opted for the Co-op over GSAS housing when he found that both options cost a similar amount, but the Co-op granted access to a kitchen and daily-cooked vegetarian dinners. Despite their differing initial reasons for choosing to live in Dudley, both came to appreciate the unique community and lifestyle...
...Friday, the pit orchestra frequently suffered from problems of balance, volume, and precision, but pulled itself together for this number. The singers, who only occasionally had difficulty with intonation under the musical direction of Rachel M. Williams ’07, were unified and excited.Ben M. Cuddon a GSAS first-year student in Middle Eastern studies, Nelson T. Greaves ’10, and Kristina A. Dominguez ’10 also get big laughs.But sometimes caricature backfires. Emerson senior Sara Collins’ Val, the clear-eyed, self-indulgent cynic, sings “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three...
Dara Horn ’99, GSAS ’06 in her second novel “The World to Come,” no doubt cast Ben in the role of trivia-master for several reasons. He is a grown-up child prodigy, and is struggling to rediscover that knowledgeable ease that he outgrew along with his high school clothes and adolescent scoliosis. He is small and unassuming, and needs a way to express his strength. But perhaps the most important reason is that Horn’s entire book is built on questions behind questions, on stories...
...shitty.” Less sweet. One major reason for this is that damn literary theory. By the end of sophomore year, you’ll be able to drop your own facile pastiches of literary thought from all the heavy hitters like the most seasoned GSAS grad student, even if you don’t understand a damn thing. After that, you’re free to dump it if you’re all paradigmed out, continue if you so desire, or pick up Sanskrit as your third language. As with most things Lit, it?...
...with its monikers, catch-phrases and broad observations, than a New York Times non-fiction bestseller. Unless you are planning a campaign this fall or trying to butter up to Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Theda Skocpol for GSAS admissions, this is probably not the one book to read before the onslaught of syllabi. —Staff writer Kristina M. Moore can be reached at moore2@fas.harvard.edu...