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Does history repeat itself? If you’re one of Harvard’s rabid calendar reform activists, the answer had better be a resounding no.The current push to amend the College’s schedule—aiming to start the fall term earlier and holding exams in December—is nothing new. “Calendar reform has been on the table at Harvard since the seventies,” said Undergraduate Council [UC] representative Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10. Every time the reform movement has achieved prominence, it has been met with...
...emotional response out of performers. “There are deliberate music choices that can take a scene or its actors to another level,” says Musico. “As music director, I’ll change something in the orchestra that will inspire actors to push their emotions until they reach that level.” These subtle changes in music are key to the emotional heart of the play, he says. They allow a singing actor to start shouting, or a shouting actor to begin crying.Musico has directed the music for a cornucopia...
...Despite what its name might suggest, “True Love”—or in reality, the abstinence claims inherent to the moniker—is by no a means revolution. Harvard surely doesn’t serve as the only catalyst behind a strong resurgent push for abstinence, yet one would think that was the case considering the wealth of attention True Love Revolution (TLR) has garnered...
...division” to a “school” as part of an effort to raise the profile of Harvard’s engineering and applied sciences program. And her appointment comes as the former interim dean of FAS, Jeremy R. Knowles, has called for a push to boost the numbers of the natural sciences faculty.Capasso, who came to Harvard from Bell Labs in January 2003, says that learning how to balance one’s research with new teaching duties takes an adjustment in the switch from industry.“You are suddenly thrown into...
...Crimson maintained a boat-length lead over the Tigers and was able to push out into open water in the last 500 meters before crossing the finish line 3.2 seconds ahead of Princeton...