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Trinity's own Roman-like architecture is unfamiliar for a church, which might explain why some outsiders found it cultish and strange. The congregation meets in a theater-in-the round, designed after secular buildings like the Parthenon and the U.S. Congress. Stained-glass windows flanking the entrance feature images of African-American leaders, not saints: W.E.B. Du Bois, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. There is also a glass sculpture of a man resembling Obama. Above it, light streams through block-lettered words: "VOTE. We need YOU." For now at least, Trinity may offer the only refuge...
...idea, which would allow residents to choose not to receive the directories, just as the National Do Not Call Registry allows individuals to avoid telemarketing calls. Zachary C. Arnold ’10, co-chair of the Harvard College Environmental Action Committee (EAC), said that, while he is unfamiliar with the Cambridge program, “overall it’s a great idea.” He added that an analog of the initiative could be developed for Harvard. “There’s huge potential to decrease the stuff we’re printing that doesn?...
...Much of white America is unfamiliar with the milieu of the black church. When clips from Wright's sermons began circulating, many whites heard divisive, angry, unpatriotic pronouncements on race, class and country. Many blacks, on the other hand, heard something more familiar: righteous anger about oppression and deliberate hyperbole in laying blame, which are common in sermons delivered in black churches every Sunday. The Rev. Terri Owens, dean of students at the University of Chicago Divinity School, says the black church tradition has its roots in the era of slavery, when African Americans held services under trees, far from...
...they intend to do it, and how much it will cost. Estimating the cost of living in rural China—or wherever research may lead—isn’t an easy task, as Kwong points out. Students juggling coursework and clubs—and especially those unfamiliar with grant applications—often seek a helping hand to guide them through the process. Unfortunately, help is not always easy to find. HELP! I NEED SOME MONEYHarvard has several resources for undergraduates seeking advice on the grant process, but none specifically targets thesis research. For general advice...
...Bush tear down this wall” stood spray-painted only a few panels over from “Zionism = Nazism”) underlined the story I heard from the dean: local students, aspiring to education’s holy grail, were soon discouraged by the unfamiliar exams demanded by the application process—another high wall that blocked their escape route in education.I couldn’t help but feel sorry for these students, as it seems unlikely that Kaplan will open a branch in Ramallah anytime soon. While I expect that Harvard’s international admissions...