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...Qing dynasty they built iron globes and trellises for the Emperor--astronomical instruments that at the time were considered cutting-edge technology. That approach didn't work: a later Emperor banned all Christian missionary activity, sending the clerics packing. He kept the Vatican's gifts, however, on a tower overlooking the thick stone walls that once protected the city from unwelcome outsiders...
...Modernism never actually died. What it did was evolve--sometimes into something really interesting. To see what that means right now just stand at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 57th Street in New York City and run your eyes up and down the shimmying silhouette of the Hearst Tower, a new office building by the British architect Norman Foster. What you'll be looking at may be the most gratifying specimen of Modernist invention since Foster's "gherkin," the torpedo-shaped office building he dropped on London two years ago. Or maybe since his transparent dome for the Reichstag...
...While many who advocate disciplinary action against Viswanathan cite “behavior unbecoming of a Harvard student” as grounds for her dismissal, such a claim reeks of elitism. Though Harvard touts itself as an “ivory tower,” the undefined notion of behavior befitting of a Harvard student imposes a higher expectation of conduct (simply because of the Harvard name) without making clear what actions can knock us off that high ground. While we hope that Ad Board limits its scope solely to those actions that pertain to our lives as Harvard students...
...Modern Acoustic RockMemorial Church Mass Cello PerformancePaine Hall Under ConstructionPhillips Brooks House A Cappella...With a Twist!Sanders Theatre Harvard Veritones: A Cappella PerformanceScience Center D3:15 PM Japanese Tea Ceremony DemonstrationsTearoom, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, 5 Bryant St. 3:30 PM Organ ConcertAdolphus Busch Hall Ivory Tower and Harvard HookupsCarpenter Center Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and PianoFogg Art Museum Calderwood Courtyard Liz Carlisle ’06Harvard Yard Stage The LetterHolden Chapel David Wax ’06Holden ChapelDance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall Brahms String SextetMemorial Church Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3Paine Hall T.H.U.D. Live!Sanders Theatre...
...presidency of Best Buddies, which aids the mentally retarded, and joined CityStep.Aiming to put the undergraduate back in the undergraduate council, she teamed up with John Haddock to run an anti-establishment ticket. With the campaign home site of fixtheuc.com, the duo promoted tearing down the Ivory Tower image of the council and reforming the CLC. Citing the failed Wyclef concert and the dismal Springfest, Haddock and Riley proposed that campus entertainment be handled by an independent student organization. “Typically people that want to do programming generally don?...