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PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Imagine a flooded Franklin Field in Dorchester 100 years ago. Two teams took to the makeshift hockey rink, and unbeknownst to the handful of players and spectators on hand, played what would become an historic game.
"In September, there was an open house for students to come to UHS to talk about any issues they might have," Rosenthal wrote in an e-mail message. "Last week, SHAC [Student Health Advisory Committee] sponsored an open meeting in Ticknor Lounge. I was present at both, and despite excellent...
Hauser's sense of wonder was tempered with serious concern. Multiple pregnancies frequently end in miscarriage or stillbirth, and the risk multiplies with the number of fetuses. While septuplets have been delivered a handful of times, in no case have they all lived more than a few days or weeks...
"I made friends with black, South Asian and white students. There was just a handful of South Asian people...scattered in all the different houses," he says.
One can argue that if the art, however, inaccurate, interests a few people in the history, then that is itself enough. True as this may be, it is merely an unwitting side-effect. A film like Glory was made with the express intent of drawing attention to the contribution of...