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...explore and createnew forms of music.For O’Connor, an important aspectof American music is its diversity.In his talk, he noted that the effects ofthe melting pot can be found in Americanmusic, citing the example of Appalachianfi ddle music that evolvedfrom both Irish roots and the work ofAfrican-American slaves. This blendingof inspiration is what O’Connorrefers to as cross-pollination, a fusionof genres that he believes is necessary ina musician’s development of a uniqueand new style. O’Connor embraces allforms of American music, composingand recording in a wide array of genres...
...institution that has a critical mass ofAfrican-American students, there are opportunitiesfor students to have some of the same kinds ofexperiences that they would have on a historicallyblack campus," she said...
Winthrop Professor of History Stephan A.Thernstrom said, "The percentage ofAfrican-American students at the top of the LSATcurve is traditionally...
Other Harvard-affiliated crash victims includePierce J. Gerety, a 1966 Kennedy School graduateand a 1971 Law School graduate. Gerety, aBrooklyn, N.Y. resident, was the director ofAfrican Great Lakes operations for the UnitedNation's High Commissioner of Refugees. Doug W.Fine, a 1990 Business School graduate fromFremont, Calif. who was vice president for digitalimaging and retail sales at the SanDiskCorporation in Sunnyvale, Calif., also died in thecrash.ReutersA wreath for JONATHAN M. MANN '69 sits underthe lighthouse yesterday at Peggy's Cove, NovaScotia, Canada...
...been one of the strongest proponents [ofrandomization] for many years," says HannaHastings. "But I do have a concern that's voicedby some ethnic minorities who are very happy [inNorth House] because there's a critical mass here.We have, I believe, the highest percentage ofAfrican-American students of any house. They doseem to be comfortable here, and that's verynice...