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...neighborhood has a tendency to blame the University wherever they can, and I think the only thing they have any grounds to be upset on right now is slowing construction on the science building,” Peiser said. He added that the neighborhood may need to wait years, if not decades, to see Allston revitalized...
It’s only been a few centuries since art has become a thing apart from the rest of the social world. It is only in our modern bourgeois society that we’ve exiled artistic product to hermetic galleries and museums, when dance has been marginalized to the stage, and literature to the privacy of one’s bedroom. It wasn’t so long ago that art was profoundly social in character, when the retelling of stories brought the whole tribe together, when depicting played a central role in religious rites, when dance...
...think the most important thing is that the league finds cities where fans will support the team,” he says. “Everyone talks about growing, but it’d be better to have 12 or 13 teams in good venues as opposed to 16 or 17 that are only drawing 1000.” This outlook may not please team owners or expansion-crazed marketing execs, but I hope I’m not the only fan for whom this seems so right. The NLL draws its fan base of lacrosse enthusiasts and team members...
...much-touted science complex in Allston. These cuts raise concerns about the possible implementation of the committee’s grand yet vague proposals.“When reports come out and call for very complicated and ambitious changes, there’s an extremely strong temptation to let things sink to the bottom of the ocean,” says Stephen J. Greenblatt, the English professor who chairs the Task Force.University President Drew G. Faust is not likely to succumb to that temptation, however. Lining the once bland, white walls of Massachusetts Hall, home to many of the University?...
There was at least one thing we didn't have to worry about, Haile assured me. Pat's kidney doctor, Peter Smolens, would keep treating him even if he couldn't pay. Smolens, a thin, soft-spoken man, later told me that about 10% of his patients have inadequate insurance or none at all. He has agonized with some as they struggled with hard choices, like whether to have a hospital biopsy or pay their mortgage. As a physician, he said, "you just see them. You know you're not going to get paid...