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...Joshua S. Redman ’93, the jazz saxophonist who will receive this year’s Harvard Arts Medal, as an example of an important figure with whom many students might not be familiar. Everett says that many students who hear Redman’s name will react by saying he’s a famous saxophone player, but far more will have no clue who he is. “It’s a small group of people who are knowledgeable about the music, and maybe it’s always going to be that...
...lone word “VOMIT” appeared on the screen as Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman described how audience members would involuntarily react to the stimulus, including raised hairs on the back of the neck, increased sweat gland activity, and heightened sensitivity to other unsettling words. Kahneman, who is a professor emeritus at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, specializes in the psychological underpinnings of economic decision-making. The exercise in priming was part of Kahneman’s talk on judgment and intuition yesterday in Yenching Auditorium. Despite being...
...told what to do by their parents but instead asked what they would like to do. The message is that they can do whatever they want. They are not rebuked for fear of hurting their feelings. Later, when parents and teachers try to impose rules and regulations, children react by becoming disrespectful and rebellious. They also see far too many adults and celebrities who act as if getting drunk and behaving like rowdy footballers is the ultimate way to have fun. Today's Britain is a society where responsibility, duty and respect for others are sadly lacking. J.Y. Yeung, Buderim...
...That attendance in class is desirable seems self-evident, and the (sometimes subtle) benefits it provides are many. Professors naturally prefer an audience to their presentation, whose questions can guide discussion and instruction. Even seeing the way students react to information can inform how much time a professor spends on particular topics in the future. Attendance allows for a general assurance that our lecturers’ knowledge—for which we have competed and pay a premium—is being passed on. Furthermore, one of the great benefits of a school like Harvard is the quality...
...basically coming out with good energy on stage. You know, sometimes, you gotta just wake the crowd up. I guess sometimes the crowd goes according to however the artist may be moving, but you can never tell because some people just wanna look at a show, some people wanna react with the show. I’ma want them to react with the show but I guess it’s gonna be determined when the music comes if they gon’ get involved with it. But you don’t gotta worry about that with me because...