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...photographic study of his collection of katsina dolls in the Holyoke Center Exhibition Space. The dolls’ carvings are meant to represent katsina spirits, benevolent ancestral beings whom the Hopi believe can bring fertility and health to their native arid land. The carvings are given to children to teach them the spirits’ stories and about Hopi culture in general—and the ones shown in the exhibit serve much the same purpose.At first glance, Ducharme’s photographs are strikingly bold, reminiscent of finely detailed portraits. The magnification of the dolls’ faces...
...Israel sorely misses is the capacity to strike fear into its neighbors, deterrence. The Winograd Commission spelled it out in bleak terms in its report on Israel's failures during the 34-day war. "Israel cannot survive," the official statement said, unless it is able to deter its enemies - teach Hamas and Hizballah a lesson they won't forget...
...finance. The conference, called Diversity in Careers Awareness (DICA) and designed to help students make contacts in industries like public health and public interest, featured representatives for different fields who participated in one-hour panel discussions, the first of which was focused on education. Joshua Biber, a representative from Teach for America, talked about his own experiences of going to a career fair at Brown University and realizing that he did not like anything there. Because of his interest in “empowering marginalized communities,” Biber said, he began working for the teaching program after...
...refashioning the wire as necklaces and bracelets called Snarewear. (The jewelry isn't available in the U.S. yet, but you can make advance orders on COMACO's website.) "These are better ways of making an income [than hunting]," says Lewis. "If we can make sure that fathers don't teach their sons how to kill, poaching...
...said Business School professor Janice H. Hammond. “The bulb is a little dimmer without her, as someone put it today.” While her work at Barnard will be a change from her role at Harvard, where her primary responsibilities are researching and teaching, Spar said that the Business School, where she has served as an associate dean, has prepared her well for the position. “One of the things that they have done at the Business School is take young faculty and give them administrative experience,” she said...