Word: spirit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been very pleased with the accomplishments of the Undergraduate Council this semester, and the coverage in the Crimson has generally been favorable. It was with great dismay and some confusion, therefore, that I read Wednesday's staff editorial accusing this semester's council of frivolity and irrelevance ("'Spirit Week': A Miserable Failure...
With regard to Spirit Week, the Crimson's criticisms seem spurious and argumentative. The total expenditure for Spirit Week was less than $50, which amounts to less than one penny per student. It was not a top priority, but Council members expressed interest and we felt that the event was essentially harmless. It did not change anyone's life, nor was it intended to, but it was cheap and certainly fun for some students. Why should it be forbidden for Council members to try something lighthearted from time to time...
...players, the game is rather tangential to the dozens of tailgates, parties and concerts that bring together current undergraduates as well as hordes of alumni. It is the hype surrounding The Game that attracts so many fans from two schools, neither of which normally has a very pronounced school spirit...
This, I am afraid, can sometimes describe the Harvard community or the lack thereof. (The Undergraduate Council members who masterminded the so-called "Spirit Week" in the days before The Game will know what I am talking about...
...stage with the body. The Lesson leaves the audience wondering just what it's trying to say. Is it just a sendup of academia? A metaphor for the Holocaust? You're not quite sure afterwards--nor perhaps, are you supposed to be. Forgacs and Dunogue have captured the spirit of The Lesson--part comedy, part human tragedy, all absurdity--and given audiences a treat. The performances are excellent and the direction apt. "The Lesson" leaves you wondering, but it also leaves you entertained...