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...hear a lick,” Harris says.On the set, he went even further. “I really did pretty much plug up my ears,” he recalls. “So I really had to pay attention to people when they were speaking to really understand what they were saying.”Another wholly fictional addition to the film is the character of a female copyist named Anna, played by Diane Kruger. Harris’s initial reaction to the character was mixed.“I asked the writers...
...says. “The impression is that past silence means it’s okay.” Harvard’s Asian-American community in general, to the dismay of many leaders within it, has historically been slow to anger and reluctant to speak out against perceived injustices. The Boxer Rebellion affair is symptomatic of a greater issue: when dealing with racism that takes more subtle forms than threats of violence or ethnic slurs, as Ho puts it, “You find yourself in this gray area, where the question is, is this a big enough deal...
...golden butteriness. My friend had a latte and a Whoopie cake: the classic chocolate cupcake filled with vanilla cream. I snuck a taste of the chocolate ganache frosting when he wasn’t looking and just about melted with joy. When I went back on Saturday afternoon to speak to Clark, the store was quieter, although I did spot a Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies TF at a table with her laptop. In addition to coffee and their signature line of sweet pies, Petsi offers savory pies and frittatas, soups, sandwiches, cookies, and breakfast goods, all at prices slightly...
Since the days of Cicero, the ability to speak eloquently in public and argue persuasively with others has been a prized skill and a ticket to success. Among our generation, however, the use of the words “like” and “um” predominates, and even at Harvard many students struggle to speak articulately. Yet public speaking is almost completely absent from the curriculum. The Faculty should make public speaking a high curricular priority...
...winning by a lot, things like that.” Again and again, from scribblings in the margins of college applications to dining hall conversations, the same themes arise—softpedaled by patronizing concessions to perceived skill in the sciences, the accusation is that Asian-Americans do not speak the university’s language, do not contribute to university community, and do not participate in university life. According to many Asian-Americans, the fact that racism directed towards them is rarely direct is no less damaging to the community. Yet, others consider themselves lucky that that?...