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...jumps at the end of the class?’ Changement in fifth position and so on. So I was challenged,” he said.D’Amboise said he became enamored with dance’s athleticism and grace and excelled, quickly landing a scholarship to the prestigious School of American Ballet, the training school for Balanchine’s company.“Challenge, challenge, and the truth, that’s the best teaching,” d’Amboise emphasized.Challenge is precisely the value d’Amboise has sought to instill...
...will reinforce negative opinions of football fans and recruits who were wary of UM and Miami." To their credit, the university and its president, Donna Shalala, are trying to clean things up. The recruiting standards of most major college football programs are a cynical joke when it comes to scholarship and character; UM football is known for being less scrutinizing than most 17th-century pirate vessels. But when former Hurricanes coach Larry Coker in 2004 recruited a Miami teen, linebacker Willie Williams, whose arrest record was longer than his high school transcript, Shalala intervened and demanded the high school...
...What exactly cultural imperialism entails or implies is a lengthy debate to enter. Traditional scholarship on imperialism focused on the three Cs of commerce, conquest and conversion, signifying economic commerce, conquest of new territories and religious conversion. We have long moved past this historical stage. Updated theories of cultural imperialism focus on what Balachandra Rajan calls a new tripod of commerce, culture and consent—reflecting the progression from territorial conquest to the conquest of minds—a side-effect of globalization...
...rare turn two years ago, Harvard students were shut out of the Rhodes Scholarship competition. Last year, the College came back with a vengeance, boasting six awardees. This year, three winners gave the Crimson a happy medium. Clara L. Blattler ’08, Sammy K. Sambu ’08, and Shayak Sarkar ’07 were awarded the prestigious full scholarships to Oxford University, which include in their criteria “literary and scholastic attainments,” “success in sports,” and a commitment to service, morality and leadership. Blattler...
...Faculty on Thursday for significant contributions to their respective fields. Professor of History Emeritus Richard E. Pipes and Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse were both named as recipients of the 2007 National Humanities Medal. Pipes was awarded the medal for “his peerless scholarship on Russia and Eastern Europe and for his dedication to the cause of freedom.” Wisse was awarded the medal for “her scholarship and teaching that have illuminated Jewish literary traditions.” The medal, first awarded in 1997, “honors individuals or groups...