Word: performancy
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...Located within the southern French town's ancient citadel, the hotel is a splendid venue for you and 25 of your favored henchmen to feast on the likes of suckling pig, while jugglers, fire eaters, sword-playing duelers and other menials perform for your amusement. Afterward, sleep off the wassailing in the Villa, a discreet building that is the hotel's top-tier accommodation. The bill for dinner comes to a trifling $7,000; the three-bedroom Villa costs $2,720 a night in high season. Well, you wouldn't be skulking around in low season, now would...
...Tenure also implies that professors are given much more professional freedom, because they can only be fired in extreme circumstances. “There’s always a concern that tenure in some cases shields faculty from performance accountability, and in the worst case enables faculty to perform at unacceptable levels with little or no consequences,” says Chait, noting that one can think of any number of cases where tenured professors have said controversial things they might not have otherwise...
House: Winthrop Concentration: Chemistry and Physics Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Ideal Date: Gourmet meal in the Science Center Greenhouse Cafe Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Perform a rendition of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air rap Where to find you on a Saturday night: Look for the girls dancing/cheering in unison First thing you notice about a guy/girl: Their knowledge of quantum mechanics Your best pick-up line: Want to touch my pom-poms? Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Of course I finished the reading Something you’ve always wanted...
...College Theatre, the venue will host some of the 40 to 60 productions Harvard undergraduates organize each year. The theater will remain home to its traditional residents, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT), the Harvard Krokodiloes, and the Radcliffe Pitches, but also will contain rehearsal space for other performance groups. “Harvard has not had a new theater dedicated exclusively to the College in almost 50 years,” said Jack Megan, director of the Office for the Arts (OFA). “The building is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It presents...
...After two years of practicing, I started entering competitions. The Low Lives, which is based in New York, took me under their wing. They became sort of like mentors. But now I’m a member of them. I also perform with [Boston hip-hop group] Awkward Landing...