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On the other hand, one expects faculty to monitor their own profession. For example, Harvard recently announced a $20 million gift from a member of the Saudi royal family. The gift is targeted for the study of Islam, and may legitimately enhance the University’s research in that...

Author: By Ruth R. Wisse | Title: A Dangerous Combination | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

...went, ‘What is this thing called modern dance!’” She sought out artistic training whenever and wherever she could, from such celebrated teachers as Blanche Evan, Martha Graham, and Hanya Holm. Once out of high school, she worked as a professional dancer in countless venues: in cabarets, on Broadway, and even in a traveling circus.In an unlikely turn of events, Mallardi’s reputation for visceral, inventive, and unabashedly artistic dance caught the attention of Radcliffe, an institution whose wealthy and straight-laced reputation seemed inimical to Mallardi?...

Author: By Zoe M. Savitsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Claire Mallardi | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

And best attempted with something to line the stomach. Here, too, the two Hospizes lay on a posh alternative to the raclettes and pizzas that often sustain skiiers. The hotel's gourmet restaurant has all the trappings of a top-notch eatery-crisp table linen, sparkling silverware and crystal glasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quantity and Quality | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

The phrase apres-ski conjures up crowded bars, the sudden, fierce glow of a shot of schnapps, voices straining over blaring music and melting ice puddling around snow boots. But in the tiny village of St. Christoph, 1,800 m up in Austria's famed Arlberg skiing region, the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quantity And Quality | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

“Church was for me what basketball was for other kids,” he says. The grandson of a preacher, he says nearly everyone expected that he would follow the family profession.

Author: By Anupriya Singhal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Material Man, Spiritual Body | 1/18/2006 | See Source »

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