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...dark as the British one, or that Steve Carell's boss wasn't as tragicomic as Ricky Gervais', missed the point. Producer Greg Daniels created not a copy but an interpretation that sends up distinctly American work conventions (the staff party at Chili's, the mandated diversity seminar), with a tone that's more satiric and less mordant. We Americans are different that way; sorry if that bugs you. The new boss is different from the old boss, and that's fine...
...course’s teaching fellow, Emily T. Abrams, said. She added that students will be able to follow their own research interests in choosing who to interview. Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09, a potential music joint concentrator and Bernstein aficionado, had not heard about the seminar prior to being contacted for this article. “There’s not much information available about it on the web,” he said. But Shiozaki expressed interest in taking the seminar or one similar to it in the future. “In my opinion it?...
...year-old spiritual retreat once infamous as a flashpoint of the hippy movement?is offering a spectacular new high. And this time, it has nothing to do with the LSD-inspired antics of past luminary visitors such as Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary. Instead, the not-for-profit seminar center?set amid a spectacular 165 acres of California's Big Sur coastline?has thrown open its extensively renovated thermal-spring baths to the public. You need to pay a $20 fee and make an advance reservation, tel: (1 831) 667 3047. Oh yes, and you can only visit between...
Students and faculty members voiced support for restructuring the South Asian Studies program in a roundtable discussion held last Friday, an event at the Barker Center chaired by Professor Sharmila Sen ’92 and sponsored by the Humanities Center and the Asia Center at Harvard.The seminar was part of the South Asia Humanities Seminar series and was entitled “Studying Asia at Harvard.” The discussion addressed many of the issues facing the expansion of the South Asian Studies program, including thesis resources for graduates and undergraduates, the future course offerings of the South...
...Institute of Politics (IOP) hosted a conference last week for 20 incoming mayors from large cities nationwide, featuring three days of workshops and seminars to help participants maximize their impact as city leaders. The Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly-Elected Mayors ran last Wednesday through Friday at the Kennedy School of Government. The biennial, non-partisan program, first held in 1972, is co-sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “The goal of the conference is to help mayors think about current issues,” said IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor...