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...urgency with which the act of preservation had to be approached sets the mission of the Swift River Valley Historical Society apart from other historical societies: if you were confronted with the imminent destruction of everything you knew, what parts would you take away so that the whole could be remembered?" -"Drowned Towns" by Ben Cosgrove
...Another mission of the club was to initiate new faculty members to the “socially older” professoriate. In the Faculty Club, members “would be exposed to the civilizing traditions and values of Harvard University...
Consider it mission accomplished, but by no means game over. Coming into the season, the Harvard men’s volleyball team had a number of aspirations, including hopes of attaining a playoff spot, something it hadn’t done since the 2005 season. Check that one off the list—and add on a few more. Tonight’s match against Rutgers-Newark (8-13, 5-2 Hay Division) in the Golden Dome in New Jersey isn’t just the Crimson’s last regular season contest; it also represents a chance...
...heart, Friday was upon me. The teacher was rambling on about the Native American’s Trail of Tears, when I was thinking that all I needed was some kind of a sign. Some heavenly sign that would give me the courage and fortitude to complete my mission. And then it came. I saw Katie look in my direction. If she actually looked directly at me, I have no idea, because I instantly sent my gaze to the floor. But she looked in my direction nonetheless. That was the sign I was looking for. The green light. I decided...
...Most of the works are from the ever-expanding collection of owners Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown, a scion of Brown-Forman Corp., which started bottling Kentucky bourbon and is now one of the world's biggest liquor conglomerates. "The owners' mission is to make art accessible," says William Morrow, the museum's curator. "It's amazing how many audiences there are for a project like this." Temporary exhibits change about every six months; now running (through June) is Constant World, an installation by Brooklyn-based artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, which combines sculpture, electronics and video...