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...hopes to place well in the coming weeks, achieving a new personal best is Christensen’s imminent goal. “Improvement in the high jump is about perfecting what you do over the bar. Now my technique is pretty good, it’s just a matter of everything coming together at the same time for the one jump that will actually be really good,” Christensen said. “I’ve had really good attempts at those heights, but usually what has happened this season is that...
...death has yielded information about the factors that led to the accident, it is still incomplete, This allows for the possibility that factors apart from those under the city’s control were the causes of Meyers’ death. But councillor Henrietta S. Davis said that no matter what the report determines is the cause of Meyers’ death, the council should pay attention to the residents’ concerns about pedestrian safety. “Regardless of the outcome, we can’t let the subject go away because we’ve heard from...
...hope to be able to surround myself with people who can facilitate my growth,” she says. “Having the opportunity to work with up-and-coming choreographers would be extremely useful, to immerse myself in the dance world somehow.” No matter where she finds herself, dancing—which is second nature to her—is sure to stay a part of her life. As she says, “It would be incredibly difficult to tear a part of yourself away.” —Kerry...
...myself going back to the sciences in some way,” she says. “I’d like to find a way to incorporate dance—maybe dance medicine. Or maybe I’ll just be a huge supporter.” No matter what the outcome, Ho looks back on her college experience with gratitude to her fellow dancers for the bonds she has formed through dancing. “Another amazing thing about the arts at Harvard is the enthusiasm and passion of the students,” she says...
...weight-related pressures generated by television, magazine, films, and other media outlets, Shauna L. Shames, a graduate student in government, described these stresses in body image to be part of a “constant cycle that makes sure you have to be unhappy about how you look, no matter how you look to begin with.” “You have to not feel good about yourself in order to be a good consumer,” Shames said. Becker, an anthropologist, found that the Fijian populace—where women were traditionally very comfortable with varying...