Word: spokes
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President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria spoke to a packed ARCO Forum early Saturday of his country's promising future...
...Kris Gauksheim '01 and Adam Beaver '00 play the timpani in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. I spoke with both of them before a rehearsal earlier this week. They started studying the timpani in grade school. Neither of them said exactly why they were first drawn to the instrument, but they both agree that there is a sort of adrenaline rush associated with the timpani's wildly expansive dynamic range. Beaver points out that he gets to play everything from the gentle, dying heartbeat in a requiem to great, rolling sforzandos where he "comes in like the hand...
...With the advent of the magnetic stripe and the electronic card card-reader, the humble ID card has been transformed into the powerful and ubiquitous "Swipey Card," allowing Harvard students to access every manner of building, library, photocopier and snack food with a simple swipe. FM recently spoke with Dave Wamback, of Harvard University Identification and Data Services, who explained the complexity of symbol and significance that lurks below the surface of the Harvard...
...Stern spoke passionately about his long career, describing music as a "personal involvement with wondrous ecstasy...
Last year, undergraduates spearheading the campaign garnered the endorsement of the Graduate School of Education. About 1,000 students and 50 faculty members also signed onto the initiative, including University Professor Cornel R. West '74, who spoke at a rally last spring...