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...government's suppression of the Tibetan people's way of life, there is an amazing irony in the situation. If the Dalai Lama had been able to stay in Tibet and the Tibetans had been allowed to continue with their quiet ways, most of the world might never have heard of Tibetan Buddhism or been exposed to the teachings and leadership of this remarkable man and the philosophy he espouses. In a way, the Chinese government has been the most important marketing tool for Tibet and its leader. Because of the highly publicized clash, millions throughout the world know...
...engaging with all groups," says Ross, "not just governments sitting in offices and embassies." After a career spent deciding the fates of people who weren't even in the room, Ross gives the voiceless a chance to have their say--before they find more drastic ways to be heard...
Monday, I tried to tell a high school junior on a college tour what life is like at Harvard. He wasn’t interested in the old wives’ tales he’d heard of mere graduate students loosed upon the world (they give lectures, coordinate review sessions, and worship the shape-shifter Loki), and lacked a susceptibility to that favorite sirenian suasion of the admissions department, the faculty-student ratio. Instead, he wanted to know what every Harvard applicant wants to know: Are people happy here? Might we, at day’s end, call Harvard...
...license. During his last hearing at the Cambridge District Court, Wu was denied pre-trial probation. Wu’s friends said that the incident did not reflect Wu’s normal behavior, “We didn’t believe what happened the first time we heard it because Kai is such a very easy-going, fun person to be around,” Eli S. Kupperman ’09 said in December. —Staff writer Nan Ni can be reached at nni@fas.harvard.edu...
...tend to be stuffy. While this little group isn’t yet well-known around campus, they are remarkably self-assured and competent, and I left the concert hoping that Brattle Street Chamber Player’s efforts to make approachable, enjoyable and experimental chamber music are heard by a broader audience...