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...name for himself in the world of hip hop. As the star of a new online flash animation “Shaniqua,” a collaborative venture between Leverett House blockmates, Summers narrates the search for an elusive “Shaniqua,” rapping the refrain “Shaniqua don’t live here no more” from hit single by hip-hop artists Little T and One Track Mike...
...refrain of “who are all these random girls?” is heard throughout the party...
Nissinen believes that such neoclassical ballets are the focus of ballet companies today, rather than “academic” or classical ballets such as Giselle and Swan Lake. However, the company doesn’t refrain from performing these standards, because, as Nissinen says, “If we do not perform them, who will...
...with the desire to age gracefully. In Around the Sun, R.E.M does neither of these things, and the effort fails. There seems to be a pervasive air of weariness that populates the entire album, a knowledge that the songs are contrived and re-used, but an inability to refrain from the certain clichés that once made R.E.M who they were. Even attempts at originality are completely based in contrivance, such as Q-Tip’s appearance for the motivational portion of track three—and the consequence is another band discovering that radical reinvention might...
...appreciate Dean Kagan’s strong statements opposing the appearance of military recruiters on campus; we wish the University would follow up in court and defend its right to issue its own recruitment standards. Those who argue that Harvard ought to stay out of political issues and refrain from putting its moral weight behind causes lose sight of the fact that passive inaction is not the same as neutrality. By allowing “unsound and corrosive public policy” to dictate Harvard’s procedures—and refusing to put up a fight against it?...