Word: vanguardism
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While students have rejected PUCC's vision of the council as a vanguard for student activism, its 31 council representatives must begin working with other reformers to restore credibility to council. This means supporting measures that will make the council more open and accountable to students: direct elections, internet balloting, and the distribution of regular summaries of council proceedings. A stronger council also means focusing on what the council should do well: student services and social events. While the council may hope to be more than a "glorified dance committee," it must first establish that it can be a successful...
...never known Cambridge to be a city in the rear guard but to be a city in the vanguard," Born said. Her two amendments, however, failed by a margin...
...what? The notion of the computer as an "everyday household appliance" alongside the coffeemaker and the microwave oven may not jive with most of the American public today, but that's exactly the perception that the vanguard of the information industry needs to promote...
...heater, an ancient foot-long radiator, she points to the gallery of jazz greats' pictures that line the green felt walls. The subjects range from a threesome of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk (whom Lorraine discovered) to the hot young sax player Joshua Redman. Redman's upcoming Vanguard performances will be recorded for a CD-the latest of more than 100 recordings that have been made at the club over the years...
...acoustics are a marvel. The room is a long triangle with the stage at the apex, and there isn't a dead spot anywhere. "It's like playing inside a great horn," says piano veteran Tommy Flanagan. To Jacky Terrasson, a fast-rising young pianist who made his Vanguard debut three years ago, what's important is "the vibes-all your heroes have been there before, and you get this incredible energy." Not even a jazz immortal like Sonny Rollins is immune to the aura. "You feel the history-it's spiritual," he says. And for Bobby Hutcherson, the brilliant...