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...that student sometimes encounters a guard who will rustle through his affairs with silent, fascist intensity, as if the library’s DVD collection housed something worth stealing. This, however, does come down to luck, and a portion of Lamont’s staff is quite friendly considering the amount of time they spend in the horrible building...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: Lachrymose at Lamont | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

...gone,” but why should we care? The Europe our great-grandparents knew—the era of Prussian junkers and Manchester’s dark satanic mills—is likewise gone. The real question is: Are the projected demographic changes bad? Here our prophets fall silent, largely assuming that any change is for the worse, or that the harms of a darker-skinned and more Islamic Europe are self-evident...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Open the Gates of Vienna! | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

Alex Perry's excellent article"Land of Chains and Hunger" highlighted the tragedy of Zimbabwe under the rule of President Robert Mugabe [April 23]. Another loser is South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and his ineffective policy of "quiet diplomacy" (what South Africans call "silent diplomacy"). Mbeki's supposedly close ties with Mugabe have not helped him develop a plan to rescue Zimbabwe from its dire situation. It is only a matter of time before the African leaders who so often criticize Western governments start calling on them to aid Zimbabwe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: May 14, 2007 | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...Indiana Jones”). The orchestra prides itself on its unique, family-friendly shows, and in recent years, the skits which tie the different musical numbers into a much more complex and theatrical affair. “Almost all of our concerts end up having some work with silent film, sometimes vintage, sometimes student-made, with original scores,” Weinbloom says. “We do a lot of work with student composers, and it’s basically the newest music you’ll hear anywhere, because a lot of the music is written...

Author: By Benjamin C. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pop Music for Time Travelers | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...bigger and better than ever before, so people can go see all the wonderful art,” Miracchi says. Miracchi, who is also the art curator for the Harvard Women’s Center, put together a show of her own for the walk, called “Silent Voices.” It emphasizes different forms of expression through photography, painting, and sketching. “It’s about seeing visual arts as a different way of speaking and effecting change. It can make people ask questions and think about things in new ways...

Author: By Jessica X.Y. Rothenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking Steps to Change the Art Walk | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

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