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...160th production, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT) will perform "Fable Attraction," which features such characters as a communist-minded Little Red Riding Hood and Mia Pharaoh, a villainous, mummified Egyptian queen. This year's script and lyrics were co-written by Kathleen H. Chen '09 and William Brian C. Polk '09.The show is still very much a work in progress, though, and the ways in which it is developing shed light on how one of Harvard's oldest institutions takes form each year.INTO THE WOODS"We have some very crazy characters that are typically Hasty Pudding in nature," Chen says...
...tales in which no traditional story is held sacred. “Basically we want to make a splash and show that not only do we belong there, but it’s our favorite place to put on a show,” said co-writer Brian C. Polk ’09. “It’s of historical significance to us and to Harvard...
...exercises that can last days at a time. Even if soldiers are back in the U.S. for a year, little more than half of that time is spent with family, and the next deployment always looms large. "We go home and immediately start preparing for the next deployment," says Polk. He and his wife have been thinking about having children, but the relentless deployments give him pause. "Even if we get pregnant in one week, that means I'll be leaving when the baby is three months old, and I'll come back when it is 18 months...
...While all the soldiers shared the burden of the extension equally, not all are able to take personal pride in what has been achieved. "Sure the past four months for us were really productive," says Polk. "But for the lower enlisted guys it was much harder. They do the same thing every day and they don't get to see the results of what we are doing here. They are frustrated. I get to see change and success. I see the road, the growth of the Afghan National Army, the government - I'm seeing changes all over, and they...
...Polk is proud of what he has managed to accomplish during his time in Naray. It's a feeling that comes out in his e-mails home, and the way he talks about the tribal elders he has befriended. He's looking forward to the day that he can see a resident of Naray use a mobile phone, turn on a light or drive a paved road to the next district - all projects he and his colleagues initiated during their time here. But those achievements will not be the measure of his success. "We've done a lot of great...