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...instruments by violinist Vivek A. Rudrapatna ’06, and mridangam (a double sided South Indian drum) player Shakeel Avadhany (MIT ’09). According to Rudrapatna, Carnatic music is very similar to other music forms, such as Russian classical, in so far as having a 12-note octave. However, what truly sets it apart is the improvisatory nature of the compositions, based on variations in rhythms with an underlying eight beat cycle and a bass scale, called a Raga. Rudrapatna says that there is no rehearsal involved in the performance process. “It?...
...most low-profile leaders, including incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok and three members of the secretive Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing body.Before the portrait was revealed, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, reading from a single pink Post-It note, delivered one punch line after another as he toasted Rudenstine.“There is one satisfactory reason to be present at the unveiling of your own portrait,” Gomes said. “You will now see what you will look like after you are gone.”Rudenstine...
...given second-billing on our website below the appointment of Jay O. Light as dean of the Business School. While we would not abdicate our duty to report this important news, we did our best to treat it as sensitively as possible.I would like to conclude with a brief note on a cartoon that ran in the paper last Monday poking fun at Viswanathan for her apparent literary “borrowing.” Some people have said it was too early for us to run the comic because the news story had just broken and that it seemed...
...battles with Pegeen to win the affections of Christy but who must also deal with the advances and questions of Old Mahon, Christy’s father, who seeks revenge for his son’s ungratefulness. Walleck is ending her career in theater at Harvard on a strong note as she charges the Widow’s character with a maturity sorely lacking in the other characters.Hill nearly steals the show as Old Mahon, the father of Christy who embodies the sense of undying paternalism in the show. In that role, Hill brings his character to life...
...Army. Senior D.J. Hynes closed out his career with rounds of 79 and 75, placing Harvard’s leader seventh. “It’s kind of bittersweet to end,” Hynes said. “It was great to finish on a high note at the Ivies last weekend,” he added. Hegge finished third on the team, tying for 15th overall with rounds of 83 and 76. “The three of us [Shore, Hynes, and Hegge] played well both days,” Hynes said...