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Somewhere between 12 and 2 – Kirkland House Drama means more than just the unapologetic vulgarization of Shakespeare and Neil Simon plays. Harvard formals are sort of like proms, and just like in high school, sometimes tempers flare and feelings get hurt. Says one Kirklander and prominent member of The Crimson: “I’m too hammered and dateless for this...
...time Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Karl Urban) introduces himself to Kirk on a transporter full of new recruits, my grin had settled in for good. In terms of casting, Ryder is Abrams' only blunder. John Choo (aka Harold of Harold and Kumar fame) as Hikaru Sulu? Perfection. Simon Pegg as Scotty? Genius. I didn't recognize Anton Yelchin, who makes a charming 17-year-old Chekov, from his role in Hearts of Atlantis but I was mentally clapping him on the back as well...
...Crimson had a clear advantage and used the remaining time to expand its lead, finishing the 2,000-meter race in 6:10.7, while the Huskies came in at 6:21.2.“It was a pretty stiff headwind today,” said varsity eight stroke Simon Gawlik. “Coming off the line, Northeastern hung with us for a good bit, but we were able to get up on them and continuously increase our margin. It seemed like we handled the conditions a little bit better.”The convincing win, the 12th...
...company donates "seven figures a year," according to Simon, to the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha Performing Arts Society and Opera Omaha, among others. Simon cites a local 2007 study showing that every $1 million added to the budgets of Omaha's nonprofit arts organizations generates three times that amount in economic activity, plus $1 million in wages and salaries and almost $1 million in annual state and local taxes. Simon's executive summary: "You can't argue with those kinds of numbers ... especially when you consider the power of the arts to educate, energize and bring people together...
Here is what J. Robert Oppenheimer (Simon J. Williams ’09) says when he hears the death toll at Hiroshima: “Some numbers are so big, multiplying by two doesn’t make a difference...