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...saying, Let us go serenading and they lifted up their voice as one man and they said, Let us go. And behold we went to the city of the Philistines, and did serenade their daughters, and came home about the third hour. And the fame of the Pierians did wax exceedingly great, and did reach all the places round about Cambridge.”The evening revelry so irritated the University administration that the group was asked to disband. Gassett ignored the official request.After an uncertain first century, The Crimson congratulated the Sodality on the group’s centennial...
...Republic of Dreams” was largely inspired by the tragic resemblance Klein noticed between concentration camp prisoners who died in the Holocaust and Schulz’s soulful wax mannequin etchings...
...that stood for 81 years in the heart of the Square—few such holdouts of gritty, grungy, old Harvard Square remain. Their replacements—fast casual, ethnic fare, and fine dining—speak to an increasingly sophisticated and Disney-fied Square. Some long-time residents wax nostalgic for the old school and, along with students, lament the seemingly inexorable move upscale. Although several new arrivals hint at the promise of a revitalized, unique neighborhood, rising rent costs have left Harvard Square’s diners in a state of flux.THE LOCAL TRADITIONHarvard Square used to abound...
...before we wax indignant over this bookstore bully, we wish to highlight the real problem: lazy faculty. Professors should burn the extra calories it takes to type these ISBNs on their syllabi and post them online early, so students can find their textbooks at more affordable venues. With relatively little effort, the faculty would be doing a major service for its students, especially financially strapped students who work hard to conserve their cash. It also would force the Coop, which currently has a virtual stranglehold over the Harvard textbook market, to lower its prices to compete with other bookstores soaking...
...First created during the Mataram kingdom in the 17th century, batik has been historically appreciated throughout the Indonesian archipelago, but especially by the people of central and eastern Java, where the technique of wax-resist dyeing originated. In recent decades, though, batik has gone into crisis: handworked cloth simply cannot compete in price with mass-produced printed textiles. Changes in the manufacture of batik - with several assembly-line workers now robotically completing individual stages that were once handled by a single highly skilled artisan - have also diminished the cloth's allure. Government support has become essential to the industry...