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...laundry, which is why it's possible for Americans to recall the mid-'90s moment when Oasis and Blur jostled for the title of rock's best band in complete ignorance of the fact that the groups genuinely loathed each other. The divisive issues were class and ambition: Oasis' Noel and Liam Gallagher boasted that they had neither, while the members of Blur were posh college kids who briefly went by the band name Seymour, after J.D. Salinger's suicidal genius. Blur's music had oblique melodies and omnivorous influences; Oasis ripped off as many Beatles tunes as it could...
Much of Dig Out Your Soul is pretty good, but none of it is particularly challenging--to the listener or its creators. Oasis too has stayed on its trajectory. Noel Gallagher recently told an interviewer that "it's a working-class thing ... I'm not an experimenter." Even if you overlook this patronizing view of the working class, the limiting of artistic horizons as a virtue is worrisome. For all the Beatles envy, it's the Rolling Stones whom Oasis has come to resemble most--not in its music but in its aversion to acknowledging anything but its own success...
...former experiences and different relationships with poetry to expand its role on campus. Her plans include walking tours, competitions, and even writing hours in the Woodberry room with prompts and discussion. “The possibilities are endless,” Davis says. —Staff writer Noel D. Barlow can be reached at nbarlow@fas.harvard.edu...
...will replace Jenkins on the docket committee. Chaired by former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean Peter T. Ellison, the committee directs the proceedings of Council meetings and plans the agenda for the meetings of full Faculty. As for the other changes, Susan L. Lively will replace Noel Bisson as the Secretary of the Faculty in early November. “I think that she’s a wonderful and very strong person ideal for this position,” said Bisson, an associate dean of undergraduate education. “[Lively] brings real strength and experience...
Stephanie H. Kenen, a former assistant dean of Harvard College, was recently named Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education. Her primary task in this new role is to help implement the new Gen Ed program, which is set to launch next fall. Kenen shares her new position with Noel Bisson, who was also appointed to the post in August, but it is Kenen’s task to make sure that Gen Ed is fully functional by next fall. “The areas of my duties are largely the same,” said Kenen, who was previously an assistant...