Word: cubas
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...stuff, kind of like afro-cuban roots. When I arrived here [from California] they had just put out a second album in Miami, so when I got here I asked everyone from Miami if they had heard of them, and no one had. Except this one girl from Cuba, who knew them because they had lived down the block from her in Cuba! It’s one of those CDs you can put in and listen to every song, and everyone who hears it always asks for a copy. Last year I was taking Chem...
While many of the students traveled to Europe, Elaine M. Belitsos ’05 took the road less traveled to Havana, Cuba...
...spoken to people who had gone to Cuba,” Belitsos said. “But I could not get a feel for Cuba without being there and experiencing firsthand what might change in five years...
Belitsos attended the speeches of Cuban President Fidel Castro, which typically lasted more than four hours. The political climate in Cuba affected her educational experience—her class on socialism was taught by a supporter of the revolution. Still, Belitsos says her professor a more balanced perspective than she had expected...
...from 1957 to '62, the former disc jockey and B-movie actor made late-night TV both a habit and an event. He was a hot wire in a cool medium. Many a coffee-break chat would begin with "Did you see what Paar did last night?" He visited Cuba to talk to Castro, and Berlin when the Wall went up; he drew fresh notions from politicians and film idols when such figures were not ubiquitous TV presences. More often, Paar made news by being himself-a softy quick to anger, quick to cry-and by keeping his audience guessing...