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...year ago the College announced that student groups would be evicted from the Yard and packed off to Hilles, then enacted a whistle-stop mockery of soliciting student input by asking how we wanted our new Hilles offices laid out. The center’s ghost-town emptiness was predictable–and predicted, in a firestorm of student criticism...
Harvard sports fans sticking around campus this summer, fear not: there’s a new option coming to town to satisfy your athletic itch. Major League Lacrosse’s Boston Cannons have inked a deal to play their 2007 home games at Harvard Stadium, making the Cannons the first professional sports franchise in 37 years to regularly compete at the venue. The 104-year-old stadium, which was recently lined with FieldTurf and given permanent lights, has not hosted a team from the pros since the NFL’s Boston Patriots played there...
Recording his city's rich architectural heritage has been a demoralizing task for Shanghainese photographer Deke Erh. While Art Deco buildings in Miami, New Zealand's Napier and even the Eritrean town of Asmara are lovingly tended, Shanghai has demolished scores of equally historic structures in its headlong rush for modernity. "I've been taking photographs of old Shanghai for 20 years, and I've continually seen these things torn down," says Erh. "But I still have hope. Even today, Shanghai has more Art Deco buildings than any other city in the world. If I didn't have hope...
...weary, especially as the rock stars need to appear in coliseums and convention halls to meet the early, popular demand. But as the campaigning goes on and on and on, how many rallies for how many candidates can an ordinary Iowan enthusiastically attend? The people at Obama's recent town hall in Des Moines already seemed far less pumped than those at campaign events just a few weeks earlier. And though it drew 2,200 people on a Wednesday night, the rally apparently wasn't as full as expected. Minutes before the rally's start, teen-age volunteers quickly stacked...
...plateau, a remote and environmentally fragile area more than twice the size of Texas. The region is also politically sensitive. China invaded Tibet in 1950, and its leader, the Dalai Lama, later fled to exile in India. The Tibetan government in exile, which is based in the north Indian town of Dharamsala, has long accused Beijing of exploiting their homeland, a concern that has only been amplified by the new discoveries...