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...post lists of practice spaces around campus, detail the kinds of equipment in each one, put up band profiles, and advertise their shows.HCARAR is also working to secure a portable audio system for Harvard’s musicians to access. Hufstedler describes this as the “vital missing piece” of equipment to be found on campus.“Even though that’s maybe not the crutch of a band’s equipment,” she says, “it’s really difficult to get up on stage...
...going to be a science.” He paints a colorful sixteenth-century world of mapmaking dominated by artists and travelers, saying, “These people decorated and manipulated the world with a fantastic imagination.” Conley sees the evolution of cartography as vital for thinking critically about the world. He says, “Maps served many functions: illustrative, exploratory, colonial, military, aesthetic.” He also believes that new technology, from the tools of cinema to the internet-dependent Google Earth, serve only to intensify and expand the importance of cartography. He posits...
...strategic alliance between established western powers and India is beneficial for all parties involved. In addition to tempering surges in oil prices, the establishment of a rapport with New Delhi is vital to U.S. and European interests, as India stands as a hub of democracy in a region whose political landscape is tainted by Chinese communism and Islamic authoritarianism. For these reasons, leaders with diverse international outlooks, from Jacques Chirac of France to Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed El Baradei of International Atomic Energy Agency, are lining up in support of Bush’s proposal, acknowledging that...
...rhymebiter’s rthyme” on his debut album Illmatic, while still drawing lyrical nourishment from idols like Rakim. Whether Vanilla Ice or Black Eyed Peas, pop outsiders who appropriate rap forms without a nod to their numerous predecessors are ostracized. Though these sequential links are vital, slicing the intricate mesh of hip-hop’s connections into easy “lineages” of progressive influence and success, as a conventional exhibition format is likely to do, is antithetical to the genre’s amorphous structure. Underground pioneers the Wu-Tang Clan hint...
...Kristin T. Lee ‘07 and Keneshia D. Washington ‘07— found the organization in slightly different ways, they all agree that the HRCF challenged them and helped them to grow in their faith. Now, they lead a group that serves as a vital resource and spiritual center for almost 100 Harvard Christians. HRCF will take you no matter what denomination you belong to; according to Bryant, “there are almost as many denominations as members.” CSA, by contrast, is comprised only of Catholics. Which isn?...