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...Massive Records: Briefly, the nexus of Boston’s underground hip-hop scene. Located near Harvard Square, shuttered its doors...
...Many problems have plagued the league, but the most commonly cited is a so-called disconnect between players and fans, which has led to dislike. As Klosterman puts it, most basketball players are “likely the tallest, richest, blackest person in almost any room in America, a nexus of physical, financial, and racial minorities. You have almost nothing in common with [them].” Yahoo! Sports columnist and former player Kenny Smith reached the point where he asked himself, “Is the league a bunch of rags-to-riches, spoiled, overpaid, lazy, selfish, pampered...
...awareness is to further understanding—not further barriers. Diversity programs ought to aim to bring students together rather than to serve as stages for airing past societal grievances. That is not the way to move forward in a multicultural society. Instead, a college should be a nexus where bright minds of all backgrounds and experiences come to exchange ideas, learn from one another, and, in the process, challenge assumptions. The role of administrators should be to facilitate this by bringing together a group of intelligent students who, through their interactions, will disprove stereotypes and reveal the most positive...
...Olympic Games are the definitive celebration of athletic excellence, but the quadrennial event has become a nexus of political and social protest as much as a who’s who amongst the world’s best athletes. The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, held in the midst of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, proved the ideal setting for public dissent. And the U.S. Olympic crew, made up entirely of Harry Parker’s varsity eight from Harvard, became the face of the repugnant hippie undercurrent the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wanted to stamp...
...member and University President Drew G. Faust, as well as others, spoke of the program’s continuing expansion. Faust commended the committee, noting that since its inception over a decade ago it has grown from an ad hoc committee of professors interested in human rights to a nexus for students, scholars, institutes and organizations within and around Harvard. The University president added that she was “inspired” by the high level of student engagement in human rights, and suggested that the College’s changing curriculum might cater to that interest...