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...will take a critical look at the College’s student governance for the first time since the Council’s inception 25 years ago. The UC members on the committee are Vice President Randall S. Sarafa ’09 and Eliot House representative Prithvi R. Shankar ’09. Gee Hyun “Sussan” Lee ’09, Heidi Kim ’09, and Jamison A. Hill ’10, who is also a Crimson news writer, will fill the other three student spots. Last month, the UC invited...
...each other on as they debated the nature of love, accompanied by traditional Indian instruments. The show was also punctuated by a number of short sketches about South Asian stereotypes, including a protracted bit about stereotypically protective Indian parents and their kids. In a particularly memorable and amusing monologue, Shankar Ramaswamy ’11 adopted a stereotypical Indian accent only to defend it by impersonating varying American accents and impugning the audience for laughing at him. When we laugh at him, Shankar says, he laughs back. In another skit, two of the many non-South-Asian performers discussed...
...fulfill Core requirements was discussed at a meeting of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) Wednesday. Classes without final examinations, classes taught by visiting professors or not offered in multiple years, and classes with capped enrollment may now fulfill Core requirements under the relaxed guidelines, according to Prithvi R. Shankar ’09, a student representative at the CUE meeting. Determining which classes will now receive Core credit will occur on a “course-by-course basis,” Shankar said. Students who are either currently enrolled in these classes or who have previously taken these...
...rich settlers and the Las Vegas model of transient spenders have inspired Singapore more than the three big world cities Lee mentioned. I hope that museums, creative ambiance and Old World charm are somewhere on the agenda. Nevertheless the challenge is huge, especially considering the ambitious timelines. Bala Shankar, Singapore
...Jones, a very appealing performer in concerts and interviews, is herself half-Asian (her father is the celebrated Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar), and thus fits snugly into the Wong Kar Wai iconography. We see her, chin on hand, staring sadly into the middle distance; and Wong shows this not-very-much-happening in his patented dreamy slo-mo. Jones also has a similar background to many performers from Wong's Hong Kong films: Leung, Leslie Cheung, Faye Wong, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and dozens of others were Canto-pop stars before they were accomplished actors...