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...success as pop music—and “The Dark Side” faded into obscurity. Jacoby speculates that the rapid chart ascendancy of rap music in the mid-90s was precisely why it fell out of favor with WHRB DJs. “I think the lack of interest in rap during those years was the result of there being no real underground hip-hop scene,” he says. “Part of what college radio should do is spotlight overlooked artists.” But now, perhaps paradoxically, given hip-hop?...
...fast. It’s not necessarily a lack of good material that prevents Harvard students from making it in the rap game. Indeed, two white boys from radio station WHRB understood hip-hop culture so well that they managed to create the longest-running and arguably most influential magazine about the genre and its artists. And in the past five years, two rap crews with Harvard undergraduates have rubbed elbows with the mainstream’s biggest stars, verging on national fame...
Ryan's 18-word resolution reads: "That the Faculty of Arts and Sciences continues to lack confidence in the leadership of Lawrence H. Summers...
Such notions are now, of course, laughable. Outside of a vague process of “integration,” Europeans lack any sort of coherent goal or vision for the world. The self-confidence that was once the hallmark of Western civilization is gone, replaced by fears of “cultural imperialism” and other such nonsense. Nationalism has been discredited, communism has failed, and religious faith has been publicly ridiculed down to the level of superstition or mental illness, leaving virtually nothing except self-indulgence as a philosophy or a worldview. This purposelessness is the primary...
...winner of Haiti's presidential elections this week has yet to be announced, but the poll is being hailed as a success-a turnout of over 50%, the lack of organized violence and absence of widespread fraud signal a widespread commitment among Haitians to transform their political landscape. The turnout and orderly running of Haiti's most expensive ($75 million) may have surprised a skeptical international community, but it was no surprise to the Haitian people. Since last September, they have seen the election postponed four times as a result of the incompetence of the electoral council and a bungling...