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Lewis was the first dean of the College to be a full Faculty member—occupying the title of McKay Professor of Computer Science—following a long line of pure administrators like his mild-mannered predecessor, L. Fred Jewett...
...take himself through the opium smoker's paces (sans opium, of course). Patrons, according to this life-size diorama, entered through an innocuous-looking tea shop. The poorer users could choose doses of low-grade opium self-administered in spartan surroundings. Better-heeled junkies could smoke pipes of pure opium prepared by servants in opulently furnished rooms. Lest visitors get carried away amid their reveries, the curators have mounted cautionary tributes to entertainers who overdosed, such as River Phoenix...
Still, the pure sonics on Tomorrow Right Now are as compelling as ever. From the frenetic electronic scratches of “Sickle Cell Hysteria” to the dense fuzz and blips of “Rose Periwinkle Plum,” Beans has created an expansive and atmospheric sound that is uniquely his own. But ultimately, the album engages the head rather than the heart. It eschews any sense of comfort; even when a recognizable melody appears, it’s presented in dissonant harmony...
...Lensky, John A. McMunn ’04 is, like Lynch, an exemplar of the talent that Harvard’s undergraduate community has to offer. His musical and expressive range is impressive and his execution is spirited. His pure love for Olga is discernible in the vibrato of his ample voice. Erin Baker’s Olga, on the other hand, had a far too guttural and nasal voice, and her Russian was incessantly garbled...
Fair enough. But even so, this case is especially unsettling because it occurs in an editorial column, and not merely in a piece of pure reportage. In editorial writing, which purports to reflect the opinions of its author, it is clearly much more important than in news writing to be clear about whose thoughts and whose words one is borrowing...