Word: allowed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...directors involved, but I would argue that just as much of it is due to the fact that the audience can't be seen by the actors, or at least the characters, they are watching. In this state of invisibility, our defense mechanisms are lowered and we can allow ourselves to view others with an almost alarming amount of compassion...
...issue of house lights? In my mind, one of the great shortcomings of theater--at least as a moral force--is that the sympathy we extend to characters while we are part of an audience rarely carries over into our everyday lives. The darkness of a theater may allow us to feel compassion for a Trigorin or a Don on stage, but when daylight returns and we meet similar people in our lives we revert back to judgment and condemnation. We have to. We are no longer unobservable. We exist, and so long as we choose to exist we have...
...plan was crafted after extensive student surveys last year showed that undergraduates wanted a meal option after the end of dinner at 7:30 p.m. The snacks will be set out at the end of dinner and collected the following morning--allow students the option of munching all night long...
...ritzy New York cocktail parties and bonuses for the House that gets the most donations, the true purpose of the Senior Gift is easily obscured. Giving back to Harvard, a place that we all have undoubtedly benefited from, is a worthy ideal. However, the Senior Gift's failure to allow targeted donations and its emphasis on lavishly rewarding donors is misguided...
...possible reform would be to allow targeted donations to specific Harvard departments or institutions. Making last year's Senior Gift specific to a scholarship fund was a good first step, but further student choice could be instituted. History concentrators could write a check to the department as a token of gratitude for stimulating tutorials. Students who enjoyed the exhibits in the Fogg Museum could express their thanks in the same way. Instead, the current Senior Gift lumps together all the donations and hands them over to the College, giving students no control over how their donations are used. Undoubtedly...