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...recent history. The power of picking the next president still rests squarely with the nine people on the search committee—the six fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board, and three members of the less influential Board of Overseers. But Sidney Verba ’53, who chairs the 13-member faculty advisory group, said that search committee members have been talking frequently and seriously with his group and given it an “authentic role” in the process. “I’m hoping that...
...enlarged gallery of extras. Those include a two-hour video conversation from 1993 between Kurosawa and Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, documentaries on the making of the film and on Kurosawa's influences, and a booklet with genuinely useful essays by Kurosawa scholars and tributes from directors Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet...
Although the hearts of Pittsburgh hockey fans rise and fall with the successes and failures of NHL phenom Sidney Crosby, another Steel City product has been making his mark on the ice.Upper Saint Clair High graduate Dylan Reese is one of the top young players in the nation and the undisputed leader of his team. Combining a potent penchant for guarding the blue line with an ebullient personality, the 111th captain of Harvard hockey seems to be the perfect player to wear the ‘C’ on his sweater.“He?...
...Hood,” has included the Gulf War epic “Three Kings,” and South Central L.A. comedy “Friday,” and has fulfilled the promise of his once-youthful outrage. But does every black actor have to be a Sidney Poitier or a Paul Robeson? Does every black filmmaker have to be a Spike Lee?Perhaps the most telling sign of Hollywood’s evolving relationship with race is that black actors, even rappers like Ice Cube, are breaking out of the “black film?...
With more than 20 years of innovation and accomplishment serving as director of Harvard University Libraries (HUL), Sidney Verba ’53 has become the yardstick by which all librarians will be measured. Throughout his tenure, Verba has managed to keep Harvard ahead of the curve, never afraid to experiment with new technologies and inspirations to our evolving library system. From expanding our library’s connectivity in the Library Digital Initiative, to increasing storage via the Harvard Depository, to spearheading Harvard’s partnership with Google to digitize thousands of public-domain books, Verba has proven...