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...isolated experience, and a respect for language and communication.And I’m not alone in these crazy thoughts! The historian Benedict Anderson postulates that it was the shared sense of the world inspired by the common reading of newspapers that led to the social units that became the various American nations. And Richard Rorty, that intellectual juggernaut, makes a compelling, if slightly idealistic, case that novels, in eliciting sympathy from their readers for protagonists, play a key role in training individuals to exercise the sympathy necessary for solidarity in modern heterogeneous society. Another of your compatriots at the Times...
...inform that discussion; it engages some of our most wonderful student performers through the OFA Dance Program. It connects deeply to scholars in the Music Department. “In short, it demonstrates the creative power and insight that this university can bring to bear when unique resources in various pockets of the campus reach out, connect and collaborate. I expect that there will be much more of this type of thing in years to come.”For those curious enough to venture outside of the Yard, a weeklong Boston-wide Ballets Russes festival running from...
...last week to librarians, and on Tuesday to the University community, the new system will be constantly updated based on feedback from users, Robinson said. By the fall of 2009, the new HOLLIS will allow readers to sift through different types of media—including visual, audio, and various archives—from a single search field. Currently, users must switch pages on HOLLIS to search different types of sources. “Our goal is to expand the scope of data, so you can have different sources made available to you in your search,” said...
...were unaware that the term SCR refers to a group of interdisciplinary faculty, tutors, and other House affiliates.The Office of Residential Life defines the function of the SCR as providing “undergraduates with an opportunity to seek support and advice from members of the Harvard community at various stages of their professional careers.”“In any other social circumstance, you don’t always meet someone who becomes a lifelong friend or mentor,” said Myra A. Mayman, who served as Cabot House Master from 1984 to 1988, referencing...
...follows the experiences of six people convicted of crimes they did not commit, only to be released years, even decades, later—after their lives have already been irreparably damaged by their time in prison.“The Exonerated,” which has garnered various awards since its premiere in 2002, will be performed by BlackCAST in the Adams Pool Theatre through Sunday. Co-directed by Renee Michelle Ragin ’10 and Jenne B. Ayers ’10, “The Exonerated” explores real, personal stories. “This play...