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Ever been intimidated by poetry? Then Adams House has you in mind as it hosts several events in celebration of National Poetry Month. Zachary C. Sifuentes ’97, Adams House poetry and humanities resident tutor and creative writing instructor, hopes to breach this problem by presenting poetry in a way that engages the audience. “The goal is to disseminate poetry in a way that people will want to listen to it, read it” he says. Adams will celebrate poetry throughout the month through various events, including art shows, student poetry readings...
...complex: set in two alternating time periods at the same estate in the English countryside, the play is split between 1809 and 1989, cutting between two independent casts of characters who cohabit the same elegantly designed room. In the earlier setting, the story centers on the dialogue of the tutor Septimus Hodge (Jonah C. Priour ’09) and his pupil Thomasina Coverly (Sara L. Wright ’09). Several extramarital affairs, one Romanticism-satirizing landscape remodeling, and the fleeting appearance of Lord Byron at the manor comprise the basic machinations of this plot. The modern setting focuses...
...40th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s death, six student leaders came together to discuss the intersection of race and politcs. After Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s March 18 speech on race in America, three Cabot House resident tutors decided to organize a discussion in response. “Barack Obama’s speech really opened up a space for conversations like these to happen,” said Monique-Adelle Callahan, a Cabot resident tutor. “We had to take advantage of the momentum it produced...
...that just because undergraduates are drinking to extremes off-campus, as opposed to in their dorm rooms, they will be any less willing to seek medical attention in an emergency. (“Oh no! Jane has stopped breathing! If only we were in a dormitory, so a resident tutor could have the presence of mind to call for help!” does not seem an especially likely scenario...
...It’s not totally unreasonable to think that every category of House tutor and College administrator will soon be found lurking in the shadowy corners of our dorm rooms, waiting for us to break the rules. It is, however, pretty damned unreasonable to think so. And it’s equally unreasonable to think that a real crackdown is underway. Don’t get caught, in other words, but if you do get caught, chances are you won’t be sent home early...