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...artifice and fabrication - not in a character or a society, but this time in writing. "There is a specificity to writing," Naipaul believes. "Certain settings, certain cultures, have to be written about in a certain way ... You cannot write about Nigerian tribal life as you would write about the English Midlands...
...degree in music. During his time at Harvard, Fienning made his mark through a variety of extracurricular activities. In 2006, as an active member of the Phillips Brooks House Association, he served as co-director for Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment—a summer program that teaches English to immigrants in Boston high schools. And he raised more than $900 for this spring’s Harvard College Marathon Challenge, which funds Boston-area youth. “For Henry, service was a natural response to need,” Roger Porter, master of Dunster House, said yesterday...
...Blue Card will use a system similar to the Green Card's points scheme for skills and languages, with some weight given to family ties. For example, computer programmers who speak fluent English and already have family in Europe would be prioritized under the measure...
...professors. But McCann is one of only two tenured professors currently on the Committee on Writing and Speaking and the only person who has served on the group leading Expos for more than two years. Both tenured members of the committee are leaving for sabbaticals this spring, and English Department Chair James T. Engell ’73 will return to the committee from sabbatical; no tenured faculty member will be on the committee for the full year to oversee the program. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith said in a written statement that appointment titles...
...54th concert season in Paine Hall with a stellar performance of Vaughan Williams, Paganini, and Beethoven. Guest violinist Ryu Goto ’10 captured the spotlight along with music director Aram V. Demirjian ’08, who led the orchestra with great professionalism.The evening began with English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Overture to “The Wasps,” a popular selection from a suite written for a 1909 production of Aristophanes’s satire, “The Wasps.” The overture began with taut strings that emanated an aura...