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...HRCF decided to host such an event (President Chardaie Charlemagne ’08 did not return my requests for comment). Certainly, the notion of confessing secrets is not a new one. Public confession has existed for centuries, in a range of cultural traditions, though in recent years, society??s penchant for it has really picked up steam. In the new millennium, for instance, cyberspace has provided an outlet for confession. Not only have things like blogs and online diaries become popular, there exist sites whose express purpose is confession. The website PostSecret.com became well known earlier...
...reflections—of … harsh realities…Blaming hip-hop for our current state is like blaming the pan-flute and zither for the crusades.” In an economy where pop culture is marketed, packaged, and sold, the product must, by necessity, reflect society??s values. Obviously, misogyny, violence and crime sell—and to far more people than those that actually live the lifestyle hip-hop albums promote. But somehow, hip hop is supposed to be viable explanation for the fact that homicide is the leading cause of death...
...principle, of course, e-books are good for society??they save trees and promote reading in a trendy, new gadget form (particularly necessary for a generation already more comfortable reading newspapers online than in print.) It can’t be long before this form of reading catches on in a big way, especially as the range of books available in e-book form broadens. But even if the market does take off soon, Kindle won’t be leading...
...Love, ’tis Love, ’tis Love/ that has warm’d us./ In spite of the weather/ He brought us together.” These lines were sung during what was, perhaps, the most compelling scene in the Harvard Early Music Society??s (HEMS) annual operatic production, the semi-opera “King Arthur.” The lines were especially appropriate for the show, considering that it premiered on a particularly cold Thursday.“King Arthur” brought heroes, spirits, magicians, and talented musicians to Agassiz Theatre...
...wide task force aimed at reinvigorating the arts at Harvard. The effort to better integrate the arts on campus has become an early centerpiece of Faust’s presidency. At the event on Friday, Faust praised Walker’s work for reasserting the importance of race in society??s cycle of violence. She said that it has become fashionable in many circles to marginalize the role of slavery and race in the violent culture of the Civil War. “Kara Walker brings race literally and figuratively into the foreground,” Faust said...