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...painting sold for $7,500 at Stair Galleries in Hudson, N.Y. more than a week ago—as part of the sale of the eccentric and enigmatic William M. V. Kingsland’s estate...
...directed by Yo-Yo Ma ’76—each piece of music was far more beautiful than any drunken reel or inebriated burst of song. The Silk Road Ensemble held an open rehearsal with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), hosted by Geisinger Professor of History William C. Kirby last Tuesday in Sanders Theatre. Ma dropped his role as emcee during the last piece, and joined in on his cello. The ensemble played again Wednesday night at Club Passim in Harvard Square. The rehearsal was an informal affair. Ma and Kirby joked onstage with Dr. James Yannatos...
...responsibility for the consequences of personal actions.” Nowhere in that statement is any mention of inculcating students with a culture of service to others. Instead, it reeks of unabashed individualism—a stark contrast to other institutions of higher education, such as the College of William and Mary, which explicitly considers developing “service involvement an educational experience.” Here, freshmen are given Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” to read; from the very nascence of their college experiences, they are encouraged to cultivate the virtues...
...first two decades and paid a little attention in the third decade. In the last five years they've been paying some attention. Was there as much discussion in 1915 as to the role immigrants play in the economy? There was a presidential commission headed by Sen. [William Paul] Dillingham that became called the Dillingham Commission, and it reported to the American people and Congress in 1911. Nothing like it had ever been done. The main findings were that on balance, contemporary immigration, as they experienced it in 1910 and as they were studying it in the years before...
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection