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Amidst the chaos of set construction in Agassiz Theatre, Rohini Rau-Murthy ’08 and Mayuri Shah ’08 appear serene. They laugh at the mention of Bollywood and sigh over Aamir Khan, hunky star of such blockbusters as the Oscar-nominated “Lagaan.” The two, who met through dance and mutual involvement with the South Asian Association (SAA), are the dance directors of Ghungroo, an annual celebration of the many art forms of the Subcontinent. They have been practicing different forms of Indian dance since childhood. Rohini...
...DIED. JOHANNES RAU, 75, former German President and premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's industrial heartland; in Berlin. Rau, a Social Democrat, failed in a bid to unseat Chancellor Helmut Kohl in 1987 before embarking on his five-year presidential term in 1999. No stranger to controversy, Rau suggested in a farewell speech that negativity among German leaders had driven the country toward "collective depression...
Making the broad push into emerging telecom markets will require Motorola's disparate working parts--half network infrastructure, half consumer products--to work together in a way they rarely did before Zander arrived. "The leaders of the business units would have tried to optimize the business for themselves," Rau says. Under Zander, part of senior executives' compensation is now tied to Motorola's overall performance, not just that of their own units. They meet in person more often, and each of the top 14 executives is now personally responsible for two major customers or regions. Zander won't make...
...Zander spent more than 15 years at Sun Microsystems and then a private equity firm. He is trying to bring some of the Valley's spirit to the Chicago suburbs. He has challenged everyone--not just the mobile-phone designers--to come up with Motorola's next iconic product. Rau says his team was inspired by the Razr to develop the "zero-footprint base station," equipment for mobile-phone carriers that takes up less real estate than a standard cell-phone tower...
...Riya Sen ’07). The outstanding stars of the night took the stage after intermission. The second act consisted entirely of a 45-minute Bharnatyam drama, “Nari,” which was choreographed by Co-Director Rohini S. Rau-Murthy ’08 and set against a music composition by Dwaraki Krishnswami that was specially commissioned for the show. Despite a stereotype of Indian women as passive extensions of their men, women have won legendary victories over men. Spotlighting the heroism of women in India, the drama stayed true to the storytelling roots...