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...tweed is coming off. Increasingly, America’s conservative youth are shedding their stiff reputations for a new sort of rabble-rousing. Particularly, the image of social conservatism is shifting. The best example of this phenomenon is, not surprisingly, in the area of sexual politics. The success of the socially liberal agenda, in the form of increased openness about sexual matters, has caused the tables of tradition to turn...
...used to play it non-stop,” Collins says, laughing. Since then, his creative juices haven’t stopped flowing, finding outlets in every shape, size, and color. Growing up in New York, Collins continued percussion lessons at Julliard, playing with the New York Youth Symphony as well as a rock band. When the group got serious, he decided to defer coming to Harvard for a year in order to record an album with the band and tour around the Northeast. Although he was already musically involved in high school, this gap year was largely responsible...
...another well-known Harvard alumnus, Adams did not always make it his goal to come here. “Neither of my parents graduated from college,” Adams recalls. “[College] came up as just sort of a wish.”In his youth, Adams took up the clarinet. Upon graduating from high school in 1965, he had already mastered the instrument. “It’s a well-kept secret, but the clarinet is a rather easy instrument to master,” Adams adds humbly. Feeling that there was little...
...Those who know Edwards personally say that she’s a down-to-earth student who shares much common ground with the youth of her generation...
Since its founding, Harvard has been an educational leader. Its 1650 charter broadly conceives its mission to include “the advancement of all good literature, arts, and sciences, [and] the advancement and education of youth in all manner of good literature, arts, and sciences.” From John Harvard’s library through today’s my.harvard.edu, the University has worked to create and spread knowledge, educating citizens within and outside its walls...