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...member Yün-ke Chin-Lee ’10, Aikido is uniquely suited to performance at an arts festival, combining the grace and fluidity of dance with the explosive energy and dynamism of martial arts. Aikido, often translated as “the way of the harmonious spirit,” is not simply about overpowering the opponent. “The techniques emphasize subtlety over brute force, which is great when you don’t have the physique of Xena,” Chin-Lee writes in an e-mail. The highly improvisational format of Aikido...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Aikikai Kicks Off Weekend | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...Receiving is a negative form of charity,” Beah said. “We need to nurture the spirit of giving back...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sierra Leone Panel Focuses on Future | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...said. “Half of them are serious submissions he goes through.” To conclude yesterday’s event, Mahowald gave each participant a partially completed copy of a crossword he had recently constructed for the July-August in-flight magazine of Spirit Airlines, which commissioned Mahowald to create a puzzle after reading about him in a Miami newspaper. The finished puzzle contained the answer to Mahowald’s challenge: the best clue for a “no wine situation?” “A teetotalers’ dinner party...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Puzzle Over Crosswords | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...more bureaucratic hurdle set up against fun. (Not to mention that printing out hundreds of PDFs a year doesn’t quite align with University Hall’s goal for a green campus.)Other than those two points, the letter of the report appears sound. But the spirit in which the administration carries out these changes will ultimately determine the effectiveness of this policy. So far, the draft has been formed in a collaborative fashion. Representatives of the Undergraduate Council, College Events Board, HoCos, and cultural societies were all invited to the subcommittee to express the needs...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Drafting Fun | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

...vinyl.”Palmer was less optimistic. “That is happening, but that’s not the majority of people,” he says. “That’s the minority.” More than anything, she is nostalgic for the spirit of the local independent music scene in which record shops acted as tastemakers and employees acted as a conduit between fans and artists. “I think it’s really depressing that record stores are disappearing, just because I love being in them. It?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Record Day in the Square | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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