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Paine Hall features the names of prominent composers embossed in bright gold letters stretched across the hall, and although they are ordered chronologically, one cannot help but notice that “BEETHOVEN” is strategically placed up, front, and center as a testament to his historical impact on classical music...
...Smuts felt.The project is also inspirational, according to Mather House resident tutor Amber J. Musser ’02, who helps run the Three Columns Gallery. “It’s very inspiring, the beauty and detail of each pixel. I think it’s a testament to the potentials of human creativity,” says Musser.Smuts plans to create representational mosaics, with each tile a pixel in a larger image, for future exhibits of the show. The impressionistic tiles created with pixelated daubs of color by Barbra Carter (of Wayland, MA) will themselves become simply...
...fellows recited prayers in Latin, and at 6:30 came the reciting of the Preces, which fellows call "the universal prayer of the work" - or the blessing of everyone from the Pope to Virgin Mary to the prelate of Opus Dei. This includes prayers from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Next came an act of humility - or kissing the floor. A priest then began a reading in which he concluded, "We have to follow the doctrine of our Lord to have success in the world." Then it was time for dinner...
What do O.J. Simpson and Pharaoh of the Old Testament have in common? As of last Monday, both have benefited from the legal counsel of Alan Dershowitz. The Frankfurter Professor of Law showed off his debating chops by defending the notorious anti-Semite before an anything-but-impartial jury in a mock trial staged at Harvard Hillel. In a partially scripted exchange peppered with Old Testament allusions and political wisecracks, Dershowitz stood his ground against prosecuting attorney Austryn Professor of Jewish Studies Jay Harris, who accused Pharaoh of committing crimes against humanity. Dershowitz retorted that Pharoah could not be convicted...
Marking one year since the April 19 election of Pope Benedict XVI can make the two dominant figures from last spring - John Paul II and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - already seem like ancient history. But it is a testament to both the Catholic church?s durability and continuity and the speed of the modern news cycle that the only man in white on our minds now is Pope Benedict, while images of the same Ratzinger in cardinal red appear almost odd and outdated. For Catholicism, this is a necessary thing. The church counts on the very earthly process of an election...