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This spring’s Yardfest was the first in the event’s three-year history to feature two artists—the Wu Tang Clan and Gavin DeGraw. The CEB’s choice of Third Eye Blind the previous year led to a great deal of dissatisfaction among students who thought the act was out of touch with their current musical interests...
...country's expanding middle class come of age, universities are being blitzed with new students. In fields such as engineering and economics, there simply aren't enough high-caliber teachers to go around. "China lacks the educational infrastructure to keep pace with the frantic demand for education," says Tang Min, chief China economist at the Asian Development Bank. A human-resources executive who helped produce a report on the subject for the American Chamber of Commerce in China puts it more bluntly: "the vast majority of [Chinese] kids go to second- or third-rate schools - diploma mills - and are just...
...become rich and even powerful by striking extravagant poses of contempt for the rich and powerful. In theory, ''selling out'' was a major cultural felony, but in fact it was almost impossible to be convicted. For the mass audience, icons like Mick Jagger and John Lennon retained their outlaw tang even after they acquired palatial residences and took up with socialites...
...resurgence of the College Events Board (CEB) and its biggest event, Yardfest. While previous years had witnessed sub-par Yardfest artists, dwindling attendances, and a general lack of confidence in the recently created CEB, things were different this time around. Headlined by Gavin DeGraw and the Wu-Tang Clan, Yardfest was a resounding success, and a tribute to the new and effective attitude the CEB has brought to bear on social planning at Harvard.The office of the Fellow for Campus Life (also called the “fun czar”) seems uniquely situated to help bridge the gap between...
...long before gas and milk hit $4 a gallon, some couples have had to scale back. "Every dollar counts," says Tammy Li, whose parents are helping fund her Aug. 30 wedding at the Madison Hotel in Morristown, N.J., as they struggle to sell their house. Li and fianc Bernie Tang are tamping down costs simply by being flexible with the time. "I had really wanted a night wedding," says Li, but it was hard to argue with the $15,000 savings they'll get by holding it on Saturday afternoon. Moving the date can help too. Danny Craig and Heather...