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...that he breaks down “hardcore science” to explain it in a novel, engaging way. “He believes you should only do science if you enjoy it or not do it at all,” she said. —Staff writer Huma N. Shah can be reached at hshah@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Huma N. Shah can be reached at hshah@fas.harvard.edu...
...search of his drug-addled, HIV-positive transvestite father, who now goes by the name Lola. He is elusive, but she finds Agrado, a transvestite prostitute he robbed and abandoned, and Sister Rosa, a local nun he impregnated and infected. Manuela begins mothering them both, and also befriends Huma, an aging lesbian stage diva performing in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. The quartet form a bizarre postmodern family that shares pain and solace alike...
...curtain rises is pregnant with possibility, but by the end is filled with emptiness, as the seats are vacated and the actors slip off-stage. It is also a joy to watch so many women on stage obviously relishing an ensemble work. Diana Rigg's stately performance as Huma - and her excerpts as Blanche DuBois - anchors one of the largest casts at the Old Vic since Kevin Spacey took over as artistic director in 2003. "The play is an experiment, and I'm very lucky to be in it," Rigg told TIME...
...Some students can count on the Harvard bubble to shelter them, while others cannot. Assaults on Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians have quadrupled nationwide since Sept. 11, according to the FBI. And that violence has recently reared its head on campus, from last November’s assault on Huma Farid ’06 to an April harassment of an anonymous South Asian student amid a torrent of racial slurs. This violence strikes at the very heart of the freedom and the security essential for any educational institution worthy of its name. And it goes to show how vulnerable...