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...negative impact is much more likely to be felt in Anchorage or Mumbai than here in Cambridge. Additionally, as one of the most respected institutions of higher education, Harvard’s decisions about climate change policies will likely influence other universities and organizations. In short, it is incumbent upon us to lead. Why? Because we can, and because we have a moral obligation to protect those most vulnerable to climate change. As we write, a task force convened by President Drew G. Faust is discussing how the university should address its climate footprint. This task force must realize that...
Question: What do some of the most famous child actors in the last 20 years have in common? The answer: drug addiction and Iris Burton.As I was looking through the New York Times online the other day, I happened upon the obituary of Iris Burton. The headline: “Iris Burton, Agent for Child Actors, Dies at 77.” Intrigued, I read on to find that on April 5, she passed away as one of the most successful child talent representatives of the modern era. Burton’s is a story with no shortage of strange...
...turned-ritualistically-sacrificing-robots. Not quite as idiosyncratic as Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo, but bizarre enough, considering that Quincy’s working without Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The cartoon storyline does little to illuminate Les Savy Fav’s enigmatic lyrics, but compounding elusive distraction upon elusive distraction is half the fun of indie music. The absolute inscrutability of lyrics such as “Quart doesn’t burn / Rust doesn’t hum / Maybe we should blame it on the structures of the sun” is just the sort of thing...
...room turns violent. As Clan members rush to the back room pulling heat, a geisha enters with the “merchandise.” Here, the symbolic function of the geisha emerges. The pale-faced woman, spinning a fan like a tape recorder while being showered with kilo upon kilo of white powder, unites sex, drugs, money, and music in a single image. The geisha, not the Wu-Tang Clan, is the focal point of this video: she is the ideal of a high-rolling hip-hop lifestyle, an ideal that will long outlive the rappers who made...
...project, which the two co-produced, started in November 2006 when Mayer approached his former high school classmate Bethel about putting together a film about Atlanta. Both felt strongly about their home city, one positively and one negatively, and wanted to embark upon an artistic adventure devoted...