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...weekend, the repertory of solo performances is unjustifiably limited, especially in contrast to the wide gamut and high frequency of orchestral and a cappella concerts on campus. With this challenge in mind, the Piano Society assumes the role of an organizing committee for student music, coordinating recitals in the upper-class houses that present musicians of many persuasions, although mostly pianists...
...Locco Ritoro Gallery, on the upper level of the complex, features an exhibition by Utah-based painter Janet Shapero, called “Luminous Passages.” The works resemble paintings, but instead of canvases, Shapero has painted what appears to be window-screening; applying the paint in different thicknesses allows her to let more or less of the screen’s texture come through. The screens are marked by bright colors and rectangular designs, but an all-over marble pattern prevents them from being overly geometric. The exhibit runs through March...
...least two problems. First, those who apply to good schools and do well in school come disproportionately from privileged families, which tend to have more time, taste, and money for education. So no matter how meritocratic the school, most of its student and faculty applicants hail from upper-middle class and wealthy families. Second, no matter how meritocratic the school, current meritocracy rarely questions the social ladder’s height, let alone its existence. Meritocracy simply seeks to ensure free movement up and down the ladder so those most capable rise while those least capable fall...
...walkers are freshmen, and we know that female freshmen just coming to the city may not feel as comfortable with their surroundings to do the escort service as males,” he says. “We need to do a better job at recruiting in the upper classes...
...What this story offers is the perspective that the increased risk also applies to the upper half of the normal weight range, and that the risk is more or less on a continuum,” Hoppin said...