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...intellectuals at institutions such as Notre Dame. While many agnostics might be loath to admit it, intense religiosity is not entirely antithetical to intellectualism. It might be hard for the card-carrying pro-choice Democrat at Harvard to comprehend that a young, bright college student or university scholar would object to Obama as Notre Dame’s commencement speaker. It is nearly impossible for many Ivy League intellects to associate him with anything but progressivism, hope, change, and various other inspiring motifs that the vast majority of young coastal dwellers and I happen to buy into wholeheartedly. For many...
...many ways to 80s bands like New Order and The Cure, who constantly shifted and developed their sound—something that few bands are brave enough to attempt. Leaving behind their rough garage rock origins, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have created a shiny and well-produced album. The object may have been to produce dance music, but “It’s Blitz!” is good enough to move hearts and minds as well as bodies.Boldly, the band places the two best songs on the album right at the start. Opener “Zero?...
...rating Christian relics: In the Catholic Church, "there came to be three distinct kinds: first class, second class, and third class, with further scales of value evident but less formally defined within each class. First class relics include any object that may have had contact with Jesus Christ during his life, death or resurrection: wood from the stable where legend says he was born; pieces of the cross or nails used for his crucifixion; the Shroud of Turin, which the faithful believe wrapped his body before it was set in the tomb ... Had John the Baptist worn a watch...
...commands a $20 million salary from the Suns and has earned more than $250 million during his NBA career, should be giving out his real-time location on the Internet. But it's clear that he isn't the only celebrity for whom Twitter has changed the relationship between object of adulation and adulator. (Read "Congress's New Love Affair with Twitter...
...world–the artwork itself. Beyond the glass encasements of the Sackler’s most treasured pieces and the miles of cluttered stacks that inundate Widener, Lamont, and Harvard’s many other libraries stand two centers in charge of ensuring that these objects are preserved: the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies and the Weissman Preservation Center. Although the technicians at these two Centers play a behind-the-scenes role, their use of ever-developing technologies to preserve the works of the past are integral to the creation and maintenance of Harvard?...