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...College Gumboots Dance Troupe is about more than performance alone. From South Africa, Gumboots is a tradition said to have originated with gold miners during the Apartheid. The dance acted as a means of expression among workers suppressed and forced to endure brutal conditions. Some were not allowed to move, kept away from their families, and shackled to their work. Rubber boots—“gumboots”—formed part of their uniform. Decades distant, and half a world away, Harvard’s Gumboots Dance Troupe aims to pay tribute to this particular period...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gumboots Stomp in Sync | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...When administrators move to the next round of cuts and speak of “department reshaping,” they must remember that academic life is the essential purpose of a university, and cuts that damage the educational experience should be made as a last resort only, especially when there is an expensive administrative personnel budget that has not yet been touched. Preserving faculty and course offerings in order to preserve the student experience should be our top priority. The administration is undoubtedly extremely important to the functioning of this school, but as a priority...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Turning the Mirror | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Sinaloa, Félix Gallardo began his run from the law in 1971 when he was first indicted for drug-smuggling. Over the next 18 years he built what federal officials described as Mexico's biggest drug-trafficking empire, one that dealt directly with Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar to move cocaine. Félix Gallardo also began to grow marijuana and opium - the raw ingredient for heroin - on Mexican soil. There were 15 arrest warrants with his name on them in Mexico and others in the United States before Mexican federal agents finally nabbed the capo without firing a shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autumn of the Capo: The Diary of a Drug Lord | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...willingness to press the Israelis to live up to their commitments under previous agreements - particularly with respect to building settlements on land captured in 1967 - and by raising regional expectations that the U.S. will commit to pressing for a two-state solution. But how can Obama's resolve to move the process forward be turned into policy? (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Change the Game on Middle East Peace? | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Singapore Ship Suppliers Association, most of them are doing well in spite of the downturn in trade. One reason, he says, is because Singapore is so strategically located along maritime trade routes that it's an ideal place to ride out the recession. "If the ships are going to move anywhere they'll move from here," Inch says. (Read "Laid Off in Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plunge in Trade Is a Boon for Singapore Ship Suppliers | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

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