Word: performancy
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...1970s. But a college degree is meaningless unless it signifies that graduates are properly prepared to enter economic, social, and civic life. After a 2006 study by the American Institutes for Research found that more than 50 percent of students at four-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex “literacy” tasks like analyzing news articles or calculating a tip at a restaurant, the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (COFHE) actually recommended mandatory standardized testing for college students to ensure they were graduating with the appropriate skills...
...Dancical Werks,” was truly awe-inspiring. Co-directed by Mai-King C. Chan ’06 and Sonia K. Todorova ’07, “Werks” ran this past weekend at the recently completed Harvard Dance Center (HDC), and its performances were as sleek and modern as the new venue. The opening dance, “Not Fire, Not Ice” choreographed by graduate student Marita L. Sheldon, set the evening’s tone. Five black-clad dancers took to the dimly lit stage and cycled through poses eerily suggestive...
...David Bernal famous, although he didn't know it at the time. He was 21 and a senior at California State University at Long Beach, majoring in art and illustration and doing a little break dancing on the side. On the night in question he had been hired to perform at a Korean-American talent show in Los Angeles. There's a grainy amateur video of the event in which you can see him mumble his name into the microphone and then do his thing for about...
...Bassline” will also be a bittersweet moment for many seniors who have come to define the company as they perform in their last Expressions show. Still, dancers like Alana V. Davis ’06 are eagerly looking forward to tonight’s performance. An Expressions dancer since her freshman year, Davis reflects that “[the] Expressions show will be a tremendous display of various dance styles and people. That’s the best part of it, the people, because they show they’re having...
...Pennypacker basement is the windowless home of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting Company (WHRB), 95.3 FM. Apparently, college radio stations don’t perform photosynthesis. There must be some strange chemical reaction that allows them to survive—and even thrive—however isolated and sunless their location...