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...culinary culture from the Renaissance to the present by showcasing more than 300 pieces of historical and contemporary cutlery from the institution's collection, like the 1966 French place setting above, as well as from the Tiffany Archives. The show will examine how etiquette trends, new materials and the somewhat recent need for disposable flatware have influenced the design of eating utensils and serving tools. "The culture of dining is an integral part of social history," says Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson. "'Feeding Desire' will demonstrate how sharing food can be an expression of love and power, duty...
...when addressing matters of religion. While I cannot criticize the analytical approach of most Harvard students, I lament that people who employ this approach tend to look down on those who simply accept that certain events happened or that certain ideas are true based on faith. This condescension is somewhat related to but not exactly akin to the cultural superiority felt by East Coast latte-drinking liberals towards country music-loving, church-going red state residents, but it manifests itself in a more subtle manner. This attitude was exhibited by someone who assumed that because I accept Christianity on faith...
...necessary, consider incentivizing these initiatives through subsidizing grants. This would be a highly cost-efficient method, especially in comparison with the UC’s current system under which elected representatives with little business prowess run inefficient systems. With respect to FiCom, the UC must also seek reform. Currently somewhat hamstrung by bylaws—one, for instance, that requires a two-thirds vote to overturn FiCom recommendations—the UC should seek to revise its bylaws in addition to changing the institution of FiCom itself. In looking at ways to restructure, the UC must not repeat the mistakes...
...shuttle system. Little, however, is said about another method of transportation that is quite foreign to many Harvard students: walking. Pronounced “ooh-al-king” or “vhal-keeng,” depending on where you are from, this ancient and somewhat rustic method of transportation involves using one’s own legs to get from place to place. It became popular in Europe recently when, on account of increasing public concern about the environmental and health risks associated with increased pollution from automobiles, governments enacted harsh legislation to reduce the number...
...message their questions. Nonetheless, problems abound. According to Bamberg, who taught a probability class online, one of the biggest hassles was ensuring that students had access to fax machines or scanners to send in their hand-written math homework. For Lewis, a major problem for his online students was somewhat ironic. A handful of students had trouble accessing videos because of government restrictions on downloading. “That’s exactly the sort of stuff this class talks about,” Lewis says. “Here is this wonderful invention (the Internet) that can democratize information...