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...already diverse language of jazz provided a fitting conclusion to the weekend.The conference opened with a keynote conversation between Dr. Getatchew Haile, a former member of the Ethiopian parliament who arrived in the United States in 1976, and his daughter, author Rebecca Haile. Dr. Haile asserted that a close-knit Ethiopian immigrant community is essential to preserving his country’s traditions, but his daughter felt that traditionalist attitudes must adapt to globalization. She highlighted the broad spectrum of unconventional Ethiopian American identities that have flourished as immigrants encounter new cultures and take advantage of recent communications technology.This tension...
...reasons for eliminating freshman housing in Mass. Hall last year left much to be desired. While former Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 claimed that the dormitory lacked a critical mass of students, Mass. Hall was usually home to a notoriously tight-knit dorm community. And even now that the College will have to rent the residential space that it once owned from the University, the benefits of welcoming freshmen back into Mass. Hall will far outweigh any bureaucratic inconvenience. Mass. Hall’s function as a dormitory achieves that for which Harvard constantly...
...example, three muscles control the human eyebrow, shaping that portion of the face into an exponential number of expressions. Feeling distressed? Those muscles unconsciously knit the brows together and upward, pulling the eyes up at the inner corner. Think of that classic vision of perpetual existential angst, Woody Allen. It's a facial expression that O'Sullivan says can be performed by skilled actors like Allen. But, she says, "for most people when that [expression occurs], they're feeling distressed, and most people cannot make that movement voluntarily. So if you can't make it voluntarily then it's going...
...parties that competed in the election have nearly identical platforms, but accusations (mild by Western standards) of influence-peddling and smear tactics have begun to enter the discourse, and people are worrying that Bhutan's close-knit society will suffer. Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, Bhutan's Chief Justice and the main architect of the draft constitution, understands that there should be political debate but laments that differences are splitting villages and even families. "I don't think we should be enslaved to the nature of politics," he says...
...role as one of the club’s veterans, a senior who remembers the talent and cohesiveness of the ’05 Ivy title squad. Jenkins and the other seniors have made what he calls “a conscious effort” to recreate the close-knit chemistry they enjoyed their rookie season.“We have the makings of a team that is as good, if not better, than that team,” he says.Through three years with the Crimson, Jenkins saw the field mainly as a late-inning defensive replacement or a right...