Word: honoring
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...series of bone-crushing tackles. Now the two are once again sharing the spotlight. On April 24, EA Sports announced the long-haired pair would share the cover of Madden NFL 2010, the newest iteration of one of the world's most successful video-game franchises. It's an honor that's historically been given to the top players of the previous NFL season - and one that may cause Arizona and Pittsburgh fans nightmarish visions of sprained ankles, torn ACLs and wasted seasons...
...last time someone made it onto the 5000-meter top-10 performance list was in 2003, when Matt Seidel ran a time good enough for sixth. “Harvard has been around for a pretty long time, so it’s a big honor and I’m really happy about it,” Gillepsie said. Since starting track in ninth grade, Gillepsie has always wanted to go far, both literally and figuratively. “I’ve had pretty big dreams about running for a long time and they are starting to come...
...Prize selection committee to receive funding. According to Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law School professor and a member Wendell selection committee, over 200 applications were received this year. After two cuts and an interview process, Liu was ultimately selected as the winner. “This is an incredible honor,” Liu said of her prize. For her application, Liu submitted an essay from her Expository Writing 20 class, which had been featured in this year’s Exposé. The essay, titled “The Infamous Hourglass: Constructing the Perfect Female Figure...
...choreographed a performance featuring eight dancers, four of whom live with disabilities. Her creation—which is coming to Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art tonight and tomorrow—is called the GIMP project, and its name perfectly exemplifies her bold and unabashed intention to honor the different ways in which the disabled move. In fact, the project’s website points out certain different meanings for the word “gimp,” including “a ribbon like, braided fabric… fighting spirit; vigor…[and] to turn...
...Shape of Jazz to Come,” and John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” the world of modern jazz changed forever. Fifty years later, Harvard University continued the tradition of these modern jazz legends last Saturday by honoring drummer Roy Haynes as the 2009 Jazz Master in Residence at Harvard University in “Cracklin’ with Roy—Honoring Roy Haynes.” Harvard has been honoring jazz masters for some 30 years, according to Thomas Everett, director of the Harvard University Band and Jazz Bands...