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...Wright controversy, some panelists said they believed Obama simply focused on racial categories he knew personally. The discussion later moved from Obama’s speech to the nature of race in America today. One of the biggest questions on the floor was: how can the United States resolve modern racial inequality? “Some attempts to repair injustices build up white resentment,” said Phukan. “It’s a cyclical thing, and the question is how to break out of the cycle.” Panelist Aaron T. Frazier...
Before endorsing Harvard’s recent practice of videotaping lectures for online use, we must consider its effect on our pedagogical mission. Many see this as simply a convenience, one among many that modern technology affords us. They assume having access to lectures could only be helpful in the overall goal of education. In practical reality, though, lecture videos hurt students and the college as a whole...
...second it hit my mouth. Yet it tasted instantly familiar, even faintly reminiscent of even dear sweet Takemura, the Square’s best attempt at sushi. Perhaps this simultaneous familiarity and singularity was exactly why the dish was so good. Like Green Tea Kit Kat or a modern building with ancient design elements, fusing the old with the new is unparalleled when done right. Unlike New York whose residents bemoan gentrification and Paris whose Centre Pompidou and National Library offer a morbid look at modernization, Tokyo knows how to mix tradition with transformation. Shrines are married seamlessly...
...ending with hip-hop selling to mostly white audiences. It’s an important story to tell, and Reeves enriches it with humorous, shocking, and awe-inspiring stories about the lives of those who carried the newborn hip-hop baby through its development years and into the modern age.But the book’s strength in covering some of the largest hip-hop stars also proves a drawback. By choosing to focus upon such hip-hop icons as Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, and Jay-Z, Reeves is playing to the audience with the stories of the most familiar names...
...debuts on campus the same day as “Blasted,” another British play written in the 1990s. Hirschberg finds it to be no coincidence. There’s definitely a pull to do newer stuff. There’s a freshness to the modern pieces. But “Twelfth Night” is still coming up every once in a while. It’s always interesting to see what pops up in a season. People like a wide variety of things, and when you get a group of people excited about something...