Word: contestability
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Boylston Prize Speaking Contest, among the University's oldest competitions, is held annually to honor a student who delivers a memorized selection from English, Greek or Latin literature. Imahiyerobo performed a passage from Their Eyes Were Watching...
...Boylston contest was established in 1817 in honor of Nicholas Boylston, who endowed the Boylston professorship of rhetoric and oratory. The competition has been held annually since its conception...
...came to Harvard with a strong interest in elocution, but there is not much opportunity to perform oral interpretation here," said Niki Villanueva Santo '00, one of the participants in the competition. "The Boylston contest is one of the last vestiges of that tradition at Harvard...
However, the "Survivor" and "Big Brother" casts are cut off from reality. They exist in a world apart from their friends and family. The TV execs are basically locking people up for our enjoyment. Isolation like this cannot be healthy, especially under the conditions of the contest. The "Big Brother" house isn't very roomy, with two bedrooms, one bathroom, an eating area, a kitchen, and a living room for ten people. So, the inhabitants are not only sequestered, they're also a bit cramped. While the tropical island of "Survivor" may seem like paradise at first, the high temperatures...
Given the audience's craving for big names and faces, the choice for host was appropriate: Dave Foley, omnipresent MTV host best-known for his runner-up status on the 1998 Wanna Be a VJ Contest. His notoriety certainly garnered him the job, as Dave seems to have no other connection to the Boston scene. It was entertaining to watch his attempts at playing down his MTV connections and establishing empathy with lesser known Bostonacts. Dave lauded the Boston Music Awards for "righting the wrongs of music awards," even going so far as to say that "in a perfect world...