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...Department of African and African American Studies voted unanimously yesterday to push forward with the tenure case of hip hop scholar Marcyliena Morgan, whose last bid for tenure at Harvard two years ago was blocked by then-President Lawrence H. Summers.If Morgan and her husband, sociologist Lawrence D. Bobo, accept Harvard’s entreaties, the move will allow the Af-Am Department to regain some of the star power that it lost during Summers’ five-year term. Bobo previously was the Tishman and Diker professor of sociology and Af-Am studies at Harvard, and Af-Am faculty...
...Clipse and Pharrell, Nas not vs. Jay-Z? And the list goes on. Epic, confusing stuff. All that’s certain: 2006 was the year of the rap beef. People are very, very angry. Also, Weezy may or may not be gay (yes homo). Jay-Z loses, the hip-hop industry loses—but those in need of thirty versions of “We Fly High” come out ahead. Winner: Lil’ Wayne, who, apparently, is the best rapper alive. —Jake G. Cohen...
...Little Bo Beep and Humpty Dumpty. They also invented obituaries for their teachers—“not [one] had a peaceful passing,” he added. Never confining his teaching to a syllabus, McCourt said, “I had no methods. I shot from the hip...I was able to seize things that allowed me to survive in the classroom.” Jokes aside, McCourt reminded his audience, which included many educators, that “the kids can sense your passion, or lack of it.” “If you don?...
...mail. “He’s slow, cool, deliberate, and meticulous, but the boy can move like nobody’s business.” Oladehin is one of the co-officers of the Harvard Breakers Organization and he also choreographs and dances with Expressions, a hip-hop dance company. He volunteers with CityStep and is known outside of Harvard as one of Boston’s best break-dancers. Oladehin specializes in a genre that pre-dates break-dancing called “popping,” which emphasizes muscle and body isolation. “Usher?...
...JCPenney at Queens Center mall in Elmhurst, N.Y., is decked out for the holidays. Nothing surprising there. But visit the second floor, and you'll find something quite unexpected sandwiched between women's coats and fine jewelry: a 3,100-sq.-ft. Sephora, the European retailer known for its hip beauty products. The boutique is a miniversion of a typical Sephora store, replete with fanciful makeup and pricey skin-care lines presented on accessible, self-service shelves...