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...despite such a wide-reaching legacy, Gross said his efforts have all served the same purpose??to "improve the undergraduate experience...
...Hoagland’s co-director, and the “Mary” Hoagland was referring to. “I think maybe there are just three rules because we think there are three rules.” Given the SGCT’s purpose??to adapt either a fairy tale or literary work for a young audience once a year during Arts First weekend—it makes sense that they often forget their own rules. SGCT seems to be guided by the simple principle: make ‘em laugh. Last year?...
...Shamanistic mirror worn at exorcism festival” (1923) shows a large, round, ornamented, and polished metal mirror. Surrounded by swatches of a colorful robe, the bright, silvery-blue hue of the mirror is radiant. Rather than merely reflect the viewer—the mirror’s original purpose??the photograph offers a transcendent enchantment.This soft glow, as if the print were lit from behind, is common to the most persuasive of the photographs. These works carry the exhibition and instill a sense of mild but persistent wonderment.“Merchant’s family...
...discrimination based on popularity, pedigree, or looks could ever be completely stamped out at college social organizations. Many such organizations across the country, including some at Harvard, pick their members in part based on such criteria. But the vast majority of such organizations stay true to their mission and purpose??to bring students from multifarious socioeconomic backgrounds, possessing diverse life experiences and values, into close and meaningful friendships that would otherwise never have formed. A blinding and overriding emphasis on superficial appearances—whether this emphasis comes from national organizations as in the case of DePauw?...
...means is anyone’s guess.This column won’t claim to divine the future of radio. The myriad problems with radio are far too numerous to be remedied by one miracle cure-all. But there continues to be new ways that radio can retain its ostensible purpose??to be both reflections and creators of the public’s taste in music. Internet radio allows still-untapped possibilities to disseminate once hard-to-come-by musical events, as evidenced by the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to broadcast over Sirius Satellite Radio.High school...