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Jess R. Burkle ’06 was working for a production in France last summer when he stumbled upon the inspiration for his senior thesis in an Avignon bookstore. The Harvard theater veteran fell in love with “Knock,” a classic French comedy by Jules Romain, upon first reading. The play follows the rise to power of the villainous Dr. Knock against the backdrop of medical hysteria in a small French town.Surprised by its lack of renown in the United States, he set about researching its history and adapting the script for American viewers...
...then not, the secondary field option will unduly pressure students to make curricular choices that will ultimately leave them less satisfied. The game theory dynamic is unavoidable. Dog eats dog in the Harvard world, and graduating without this additional feather in one’s cap will be frowned upon soon enough. Once there is a secondary field option in place, and as a few students begin to opt into it, a large number of students will quickly feel compelled to do so as well. Harvard is currently one of the few bastions of higher education spared the onslaught...
...Upon arrival, the officers issued verbal commands to Duque to stop his behavior. Duque did not respond, initiating a struggle that turned violent. He admitted at the time that he was under the influence of drugs...
...only a T stop or a five-minute bike ride away from Porter Square. In any case, I’ll be spending quite a few nights of my senior spring at this sweet little hole-in-the-wall. One of my friends met me at the club; upon arriving, his first question was: “Is this it?” Yes, this is it. “There’s no more? Just this one room?” Yup. Just a space the size of an Eliot common room, but slightly more rectangular. A third...
...selected issues like abortion, gay marriage, and stem cell research. Yet simultaneously they advocate social policies, such as this draconian immigration bill, that are antithetical to the beliefs of many Christians. In fact, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Protestant-led Sojourners Magazine have both called upon their followers to oppose the bill. And this spat over immigration is occuring less than three months after Congressional Republicans ignored the pleas of 150 religious leaders who staged a nonviolent protest against a budget bill that proposed cutting $40 billion from education, health care, and child support...