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It’s 3:07 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, and Sever 106 is filled with the lively chatter of students in English 192p: “Postmodern Literature.” Glenda R. Carpio, associate professor of African and African American Studies and of English, is dressed in a fitted black suit with red embroidery, her dark curls swept into a ponytail. She begins to speak, but her words are devoured by the noise. Seconds later, she picks up her pace and volume, and silence falls over the room—it’s clear that...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Glenda R. Carpio | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard (Sever 102) — Do you ever "[w]onder what the Harvard sex scene is really like?" Or, better yet, "if it exists?" Come get the sobering answer at this panel discussion manned by some of the biggest groups on campus that work with gender/sexuality issues. If there's anything that might deter hedonistic prefrosh from choosing Harvard, it might be this...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: The Prefrosh Sabbath Day | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...activists argued for expanding hate crime laws at a panel in Sever Hall last night, stressing the current difficulties of navigating the U.S. legal system as a transgender person...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speakers Advocate for Transgender Rights | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...class you decided to attend —“Logic and Number Theory”—turned out to be on the second floor of something called Sever and have a total of three students. You have no idea why this was on the list, because the professor speaks in a nervous, high-pitched whisper and is talking about “Well-Orderings.” You have no idea what these are. You tried taking notes for about six minutes before giving up and spending the remainder of the time nodding significantly at appropriate...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: What am I doing here? | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...song and dance, campus activists speak in hyperbole, further undermining their cause. While students think they’re reciting soliloquies, onlookers think they’re watching standup. In 2006, SLAM called for Harvard to sever ties with Coca-Cola because the company allegedly smothered Colombian workers’ attempts to unionize. Then-SLAM leader Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07 declared: “There’s literally blood on the hands of that corporation.” Perhaps some thug in Colombia was guilty, but Gould-Wartofsky went too far: Did any receptionist...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Crimson in the Streets | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

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