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Their boss—Elizabeth Mora, also the University’s chief financial officer—would leave Harvard in mid-May, the e-mail said. And with no explanation given for the sudden nature of the announcement, her staff has continued to express confusion...
...Yeah I got a beat-up old Volvo mid-way through the season,” Dawson laughed. “I take a lot, a lot of flack from the other guys on the team for my Volvo...
...Everett arrived. He says that there were no jazz activities, and jazz was not considered a subject suitable to academic study. “It was a while before it was 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...
...whose simultaneously sunny and spacey atmospheres buoy the album to stunning highs.Throughout the album, Gonzales hints at some sort of dramatic theme underlying all the layers of glassy synthesizers, and he anchors most of the tracks in beds of tonal allusion to the transatlantic dance pop of the mid-80s. In fact, most of the album’s tracks reek so heavily of excess that, after a first listen, it’s difficult to discern whether “Youth” proposes homage or parody. Gonzales clearly understands the nostalgia associated with such eagerly retrospective arrangements...
...their country’s situation. “The people must lead,” says Uys, “and the government will follow.”This faith in the actions of individual citizens has been a driving factor in Uys’ work. In the mid-90s, when the severity of the AIDS epidemic became apparent, Uys began visiting schools in South Africa to educate young people about contraceptive use. His performances are entirely free and were a crucial service to schools that lacked funding for such programs.Uys seeks support from international audiences with performances such...