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...ways in which they live their lives certainly has precedence, most notably in Nan Goldin and her documentation of the chemical highs and lows of her uninhibited friends in pre-AIDS New York. Much of the reason that Goldin’s work has been elevated to the level it currently occupies, however, is the cultural relevance of her subject matter. Her pictures tenderly tell the story of the pained collapse of the demimonde she inhabited. One by one, the subjects of her photographs overdosed or died of a disease that people then knew little about. They demonstrated a calculus...
...recruitment to the NFL has long been a problem for Ivy League football players. With such an insular schedule—having only three non-conference games against Lafayette, Lehigh, and Holy Cross—Harvard football players are not generally exposed to the same level of play as other Division 1 teams in, say, the SEC or the Pac 10. As such, NFL scouts have a difficult time assessing a player’s NFL potential with such a limited view...
...really academically acceptable,” Everett says.Everett did not begin teaching a course on jazz until the mid- to late-1970s; in the meantime, he assembled a group of students already interested in jazz to form a new group within the Harvard Marching Band. The students’ level of familiarity with jazz varied widely: some had already played in jazz ensembles, while others were just curious about the music. Today, Harvard boasts two jazz ensembles independent from the Marching Band but still under Everett’s control: the Sunday Jazz Band, for less experienced students...
...Hayek sang vocals for them at Cultural Rhythms, and they have played for current Mexican President Felipe Calderon as well as former President Vicente Fox in the past two months. Last year, they attended the largest national Mariachi competition in San Antonio, where they placed third at the university level. “People think the music is just simple and about tequila, but it’s very complicated and hard to perform well,” says Musical Director Nathaniel Naddaff-Hafrey ’08, who is a former Crimson arts associate. At a concert in Lowell...
...competence of application and admissions process of Ivy League universities. Flipping through Hogue’s falsified application, Samuels writes, “I was reminded again of how little connection the Ivy League selection process has to the ability or the inclination to endure the rigors of high-level academic work.” For an Ivy League student, this sharp criticism is a reminder of the fortuitous nature of one’s presence on campus.Samuels takes Hogue’s deceits as a point of departure for acute self-reflection on his own profession, scrutinizing journalism...