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...institution where we can explore this in many profound ways.2.FM: You say that you started studying hip-hop academically while working at UCLA during the fallout after Ice Cube left NWA. How did this turn you to hip-hop? MM: I was teaching a course on urban speech communities, it was a classical anthropology course, and I kept getting all these essays about Ice Cube and so my first reaction was, “Hip-hop in the classroom? Stop it.” But they basically argued that this is an anthropological course, it’s about urban...
University President Drew G. Faust said yesterday that she will consider creating a committee to investigate free speech at Harvard. Faust’s announcement at the meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences came in the midst of an ongoing clash between anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82 and law professor Alan M. Dershowitz. Matory has claimed that critics of Israel like himself “tremble in fear” from repercussions for their views and urged his colleagues to pass a one-sentence affirmation of “civil dialogue...
...don’t write anything that will make people start to question that they want to take the job,” Smith said. “We absolutely need people to take this job.” Skocpol highlighted the difficulties of the job in a speech at yesterday’s Faculty meeting. “The graduate school deanship is not one that has a lot of money bags in the corner of the office,” she said. “It isn’t one that carries the greatest powers...
...proven the power of words to spur action. Growing up, Alford attended an inner-city high school in Syracuse, N.Y. where she became known for achievements in oratory competition. Unable to find a formal outlet at Harvard for her love of language, she decided to instead use her speech-making skills to help give voice to the causes she cares about. One of the inaugural interns at the Women’s Center, Alford has worked to create a sense of solidarity within the female community. She started the now-annual Naked Ladies’ Brunch and has tried...
Executive Dean John A. Haigh said that the emphasis on Kennedy’s name—as well as the famous speech recalled in the slogan—was a reminder of the school’s commitment to public service...