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...What we want to do is maximize the passion for and the memorability of learning things,” Ma said. “We want to sponsor courses at Harvard where people are making things, emphasizing the continuity between thinking and making, using all of our senses in order to pursue creative inquiry.” In addition to sponsoring and informing course offerings, the Silk Road Project hopes to hold symposia on subjects ranging from the state of the arts to community involvement...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Silk Road To Move to Allston | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...lights. The reaction of gallery-goers on opening day ranged from bemusement to gratitude that at least one venue in Dublin's capital was serving alcohol on the most abstinent of Irish religious holidays. But for curator K. Bear Koss, the objective of the exhibition is very serious: "We want to raise awareness about the new blasphemy law," he says, "and to celebrate the freedoms of discourse that the law seeks to stifle." (See the top 10 art exhibitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ireland's Blasphemy Law: Worse Than Blasphemy? | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...treated. They said, "I'm so sorry you were our guest in this country and this is how you were treated." I said, "I know it's not your fault. You had nothing to do with those people who arrested me." There were very kind shopkeepers who didn't want to charge me. A taxi driver told me that a local bazaar was selling "Roxana scarves" [blue scarves that resembled the one she wore in a photograph circulated in the media]. That was very amusing. It's not just me who they treat this way, but other political prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roxana Saberi: An American Journalist Imprisoned in Iran | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...more connected to the world through technology and travel, relatives in other countries. More and more women are going to universities, many people are moving from the rural areas into the cities so they're exposed to new ideas. Many Iranians realize what universal human rights are, and they want rights that they see other people in other countries having. Right now they face a lot of obstacles, but I think they will prevail. It's not clear when, but eventually they will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roxana Saberi: An American Journalist Imprisoned in Iran | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

Will these methods succeed in silencing those who want change in Iran? Using force and violence, imprisoning people, intimidating and harassing them - that will never eliminate these demands for change. It might scare them into silence, but it will only increase the gap between the regime and a large part of society. When you imprison one, you're breeding resentment among many other people - that prisoner's family members, friends and colleagues - so they are multiplying resentment by the measures they are using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roxana Saberi: An American Journalist Imprisoned in Iran | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

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