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Larsen Professor of Public Policy Christopher N. Avery ’88 discussed early admissions policy and its effect on Harvard’s future at an intimate discussion with about 20 people yesterday evening. Avery, the co-author of “The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite,” praised former University President Lawrence H. Summers for overseeing the creation of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative (HFAI) and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 for helping end the College’s Early Action program last September...
...Lower East Side headquarters of the not-yet-three-year-old journal n+1 is perhaps not very different from many other rented Manhattan offices. It’s small and slightly unkempt. Rows of books and past issues of the magazine line the walls ,along with other oddities like readers’ letters, notes and lists pinned to a dartboard. A letter of praise for the magazine by novelist Don DeLillo is proudly tacked on to the wall. If the messiness represents the stereotypical traits of a modern bohemian intellectual, then the DeLillo letter is undoubtedly symbolic...
...artist, he says. “It’s created by the viewer, too. We see that as interactive media.”“Video games are expanding what it means to be art,” says Alexander “Zander” N. Li ‘08, co-editor-in-chief of the Harvard Interactive Media Review (a division of HIMG), and who is also a Crimson editor. “They are very close to film in terms of their aesthetic aspect,” he says.In exploring the relationship between gaming...
...mother and trying to keep things in control, but they spiral out of control anyway.' As “Reception” enters its last week before production, Cregg remains enthusiastic despite the pressures of the final rehearsals. She attributes this confidence to the able direction of Simon N. Nicholas ’07. 'Simon’s very laid back, which is great in a director because once you get down to Tech Week and it seems that every little thing is going wrong, it’s great to have a director with a handle on things.' Cregg...
...Potential donors are worried that charity will be wasted or create dependence," says Jonathan Morduch, an economics professor at New York University. But the most influential microlenders--Yunus' Grameen Bank, FINCA, Accin International--are self-sustaining and profitable. They strip away the bureaucracy common to aid programs of governments and large foundations, and repayment rates of 97% are the norm...