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...autumn of 1957 and the Harvard experience of today are two historical moments—separated by half a century—that share an unfortunate thematic link. Both have a progressive face masking a regressive mindset that has shifted in the past five decades but has not disappeared. Although the academic left scored a victory in the latter half of the 20th century by making “ethnic” and “regional” studies mainstream, the creation of venues of study for non-Western disciplines or topics is only half the battle. While...
...aspect of architect James F. Stirling’s plan was left uncompleted: a bridge spanning Broadway designed to display art and link the Sackler and the Fogg. Some Cambridge residents argued that the bridge would not serve enough of a public good to justify its construction, and the city withheld permission to erect...
...points out, Harvard’s music department still emphasizes theory and ethnomusicology over performance. But while Koh wishes Harvard would utilize its NEC link to give more students the opportunity to take practical music courses, Rezzo supports the University’s current approach to the arts. “It’s a broad liberal-arts education, and that’s why I came here, at least,” he said...
...achieved not as a result of meditation or prayer, but through the literal destruction of a portion of her brain. Her journey is, in many ways, the ultimate display of materialism—even the ineffable condition of religious ecstasy can be created by neuro-chemical manipulation. The link between the physical and metaphysical serves as a powerful reminder that even the things about ourselves that we consider the most fundamental—our beliefs, our selves, and our basic conceptions of existence—are contingent facts, created by so much neurological circuitry. All it takes is a burst...
After months of talking past one another, Chicago and Arlington now have at least erected a rudimentary - but effective - communications link...