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...major themes of the play for me are the fear of disappearing and not making history and the crazy things that people do to not disappear,” she says.In this attempt to make history, the characters of the play go through a multitude of formative experiences. The tension between Irwin’s new methods of teaching and the more idealistic notions about education of his older counterpart, Hector, provide the backbone of the show. However, the play holds back from judging exactly which is correct, particularly as both characters are so flawed.Ilan J. Caplan...
...tension climaxed with the judges’ decision. The audience exploded in applause for Mr. Asian Sensation, Van, who went home with a chance to represent Harvard at Wellesley’s Mr. Asian Student Union pageant, a free haircut, and his own tiara...
...losses to a collegiate opponent on Friday and Saturday night at Bright Arena. In the first-round series of the ECAC Hockey Championship, No. 12-seed Brown (5-21-5) handed the fifth-seeded Harvard (9-16-6) two tight season-ending loses. Saturday night, with a must-win tension surrounding the Crimson players, the traveling Bears played to their best ability in a tight 2-0 win filled with frequent whistles and frequent shots.But the match’s turning point did not come on a whistle, but rather on an attempt by Harvard co-captain Jimmy Fraser with...
...alike. “Otello” will run through March 14 in the Lowell Dining Hall.“Otello,” the second to last opera composed by 19th century Italian master Giuseppe Verdi, is one of his most famous pieces. The opera recreates the psychological tension and villainy of William Shakespeare’s play of the same title. Originally named “Iago,” the opera focuses on the vocal interplay between Othello and his traitorous ensign, Iago, who spends the course of the play engineering Othello’s downfall. According...
...quietly on the wall; despite the small “time without” label beneath it, the clock melds with the space around it. As a result, the clock is ambivalently camouflaged as part of the café’s stock décor. However, the tension that such an arrangement creates between its own passivity and the installation’s demand for intellectual attention does not necessarily weaken the impact of the exhibition.As a work concerned with space and intuitive sensitivity, the installation succeeds in seamlessly fusing its fictional space within the real physical space...