Word: spirit
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...Mach admits that her A&F collection is sadly limited to “a few of the sweatshirts.” Other recruits were similarly apathetic—there was hardly an embroidered moose in the room. But Secrest remained unfazed by Harvard’s lack of spirit. “It’s a casual brand,” he says, casually...
...gives the faculty the opportunity to democratize knowledge, much in the spirit of President Faust’s inaugural address,” said Harvard’s new University Library chief, Robert C. Darnton...
...Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) took place last Sunday in the MAC Quad. This Field Day-style athletic event, spearheaded by Lowell House BGLTSA tutors Christina G. Warinner and Marcus Alexander, included an egg-run, a three-legged race, hot potato, and the orange pass. Despite the fierce competitive spirit, the Gay Games are meant to be fun and all-inclusive. “Our BGLT students are very integrated in the Houses. They’re not outsiders like they were 20 years ago, and so we wanted to give them an opportunity to come with all their friends...
...Moderator Elizabeth Warren, Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, whose animated attorney-like questioning kept the panelists on their toes, ended the symposium by saying, “I think this marks the spirit of what will happen in the Faust presidency.” Meanwhile, a suited and sweatered audience in the Science Center B auditorium witnessed a symposium between notables from five different sectors of Harvard’s scientific community...
...full of trend stories about how this was going to bring back "John Wayne masculinity." The TV programmers were rerunning John Wayne westerns. Karl Rove asked Hollywood to produce a film paying tribute to post-9/11 American heroism and what came back was a film called The Spirit of America, which was all clips of old movies showcasing old American film heroes in which the Westerns were prominent examples, and in particular John Wayne in The Searchers. So we kept returning to this Cowboy and Indian mythology, and I wanted to understand why. It didn't seem like...