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...year-old Beijing native, whose real name is Shen Jing, fashions music from the seemingly random meldings of traditional Chinese instruments, bleeps and bloops worthy of a sci-fi B movie, and an ethereal, at times unnerving, operatic voice. "I have a strong interest in the cosmos, so a lot of my music tends to describe those feelings," she says...
...opening week events—a trend that was acknowledged by several other freshman elsewhere on campus early this week. “What I do is I look at the events the night before and then I put them in my computer,” said Tony S. Shen ’12. “Usually I just go to the mandatory ones.” Shen’s strategy aside, this year’s freshman class is already a noticeable presence on campus. “I don’t know how all these...
...concert, part independence day celebration. Teens strolled hand in hand, swaying to the music, chatting and lighting candles. Roma worked the crowd for spare change. Red and white flags were sported as fashion accessories, bandanas, shawls, and miniskirts. "Sarko ! Sarko!" they roared in anticipation, before following up with "YUV-SHEN-KO!" Speakers boomed out rock and folk music, including a recent local hit called Freedom to which the crowd poignantly responded by swaying and chanting to the lyrics as if they'd been singing it all their lives. Even Georgian NBA basketball star Nika Tskitishvili took up the microphone...
Aftershocks from the huge protests that took place on June 28 in the remote town of Weng'an continue to reverberate, with news breaking Friday that both the local Communist Party commissar Luo Liaping and the chief of police, Shen Guirong have been dismissed for what official media reports described as "severe malfeasance." Such speedy and decisive action by Beijing is, to put it mildly, unusual. That reflects both the gravity of the riot, which involved up to 30,000 people, and a desire by the central authorities - currently consumed by the build up to the Olympics - to stop...
...foster students being there.” Many students said that they approved of the renovations but did not know whether or not it would increase their chances of visiting. “I’ve only been to the museum once before,” said Yichen Shen ’10. “[The renovations] might increase my chances of going but I don’t think it would.” Justin T. Keenan ’10 agreed, saying he is an occasional visitor, and that such modifications would not affect the frequency...