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...twentieth century’s eminent ballet choreographers. According to Harvard assistant dance director Kristen I. Aune, the medley will feature works from all different points in Ailey’s career. Many of these choreographies are rarely performed, and they were hand-selected for Harvard dancers by Sylvia Waters of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company (AADC), Aune says...

Author: By Paula I. Ibieta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Collaboration Helps Viewpointe 10 to Soar | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...adult life has been so, as she puts it, “f*cked up.” The doctor, upon breaking the news, easily rattles off a list of other famous and brilliant people who also suffered from a combination of alcohol and mental disorders, including Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath, Cole Porter, Yves St. Laurent, and Vivien Leigh. Add these names to a more general list of brilliant people with mental disorders, including Winston Churchill, Virginia Woolf, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Isaac Newton, and one starts to get the sense that one has to be insane in order...

Author: By Maya E. Shwayder | Title: Mental Floss | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...While we encourage students to vigorously support our athletes, we expect them to do so in a way that reflects our pride in those teams, not disrespect for others,'' wrote Kim, Dartmouth's Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears and the Acting Athletic Director Bob Ceplikas in an e-mail sent Tuesday to students, faculty, and staff...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Its Never Too Late to Apologize | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...think that this bill targets only homosexual individuals," said Sylvia Tamale, dean of law at Uganda's Makerere University, speaking at a public dialogue on the bill in November. "If passed into law, it will stifle the space of civil society. The bill also undermines the role of the media to report freely. We are all potential victims of this bill."(See "On Scene: With Uganda's Anti-Gay Movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda's Anti-Gay Bill: Inspired by the U.S. | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...Makere University, one voice seemed to try to stem the anti-gay tide. Said Sylvia Tamale, dean of law: "Today it is homosexuals under attack. Tomorrow it will be another minority." In the meantime, the country's gay community cowers. "In Uganda people take us to be sinners," says Grace, the leader of a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth group, who preferred not to give her surname. "They consider us as a destroyed person. Most of [our members] say, 'I don't know what I am doing in this world. Everybody hates me.' We have to keep on consoling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Scene: With Uganda's Anti-Gay Movement | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

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