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"It translates into a racial struggle on campus," Winter says. "As we were marching, I heard a white student yell, 'Pay your own way, you poor bastards.' It definitely fosters racism."
"I hope that translates to one day that happening on a national level," he said.
Since first and second-year students are required to live on-campus, this figure translates to 10 percent for juniors and seniors.
"Many of the children have a less-than-optimal image of Harvard, and that translates into a less-than-optimal image of higher education," he said. He said he hopes the carnival helped to combat that negative perception.
Sometimes the band offers the listener some Spanish lyric and then translates them into easy-to-grasp English. In "She Gone" is the line: "On the sunny side of the street/en el lado soladio de tu calle." I am not sure of the intent here; maybe this is an allusion...