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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Oprah Winfrey, Harry Belafonte honored by Harvard Associated Press
CAMBRIDGE — Oprah Winfrey and performer-activist Harry Belafonte were among those honored at Harvard University on Tuesday at its annual celebration of African American culture. The university’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research presented its annual W.E.B. Du Bois Medals to eight people at the ceremony.
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Other recipients included British architect David Adjaye, civil rights hero U.S. Rep John Lewis; “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes, and movie producer Harvey Weinstein. The medal has been awarded since 2000 and is Harvard’s highest honor in the field of African and African American Studies. Winfrey also accepted a posthumous award for author and poet Maya Angelou, who she has called a mentor. The billionaire television host, producer and philanthropist said one of her fondest memories of Angelou, who died earlier this year, was sitting at her table and eating biscuits. Rhimes, creator of hit TV shows with black female protagonists, said it shouldn’t be so unusual, in this day, to expect characters on television shows to “look like the rest of the world.” In a recent Associated Press interview about her new ABC show, “How To Get Away With Murder,” starring Viola Davis as a criminal lawyer and law professor, Rhimes said “Why did it take somebody black to talk about being black?” Belafonte recalled his days in the civil rights movement with figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and actor Paul Robeson. Lewis, who was presented a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010 by
Ed Sullivan statue stolen from TV academy plaza Associated Press
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President Barack Obama, was introduced Tuesday by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Introducing the other honorees were novelist Jamaica Kincaid, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard Graduate School of Design Dean Mohsen Mostafavi, and American Repertory Theater’s artistic director Diane Paulus. Du Bois, a scholar who founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a leading civil rights group, was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard. Selections from his writings were read at the ceremony.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Obama, Netanyahu to meet as Iran deadline looms
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Facing global competition
Bali turns to indigenous wisdom
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating the theft of a solid bronze statue of Ed Sullivan from an outdoor exhibit at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The statue was taken Sunday from atop a pedestal in the academy’s Hall of Fame Plaza in North Hollywood. A police statement describes the statue as standing 18 inches tall and weighing about 20 pounds. The Police Department’s North Hollywood area burglary detectives have asked the public for any information that would lead to an arrest. Officer Drake Madison said Tuesday there had been no break in the case. The plaza where the statue stood honors significant TV personalities and pioneers. Sullivan’s classic variety show, “The Ed Sullivan Show,” lasted for more than two decades. He died in 1974. In this Feb. 8, 1964 file photo, Ed Sullivan, center, stands with The Beatles, from left, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, during a rehearsal for the British group’s first American appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” in New York.
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Balinese artists performed Balinese dance. Indigenous wisdom developing in Bali was expected to be a capital in the face of the increasingly intense global competition.
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JIMBARAN - Indigenous wisdom developing in Bali was expected to be a capital in the face of the increasingly intense global competition. To that end, the community was appealed to still be able to maintain, protect as well as preserve the indigenous wisdom as cultural identity of Bali. This was expressed by the Rector of Udayana University, Prof. Dr. Ketut Suastika, on the sidelines of the anniversary at Bukit Jimbaran.
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According to him, the indigenous wisdom of Bali could be used as an asset to compete and survive in the midst of globalization characterized by the increasing competition. “When talking about competitiveness, there should be an advantage. Without it, we do not have a competitive edge. We
long have superiority, namely the indigenous wisdom. On that account, Udayana is trying to be consistent with the excellence or legacy at hand, so that we have a strong competitive edge compared to other countries,” he said. He said that Udayana University would consistently preserve the
indigenous wisdom by establishing a study center to preserve the indigenous wisdom from the onslaught of global influences. Not only that, the indigenous wisdom having been established in the community would become a shield against the intense competition. “Through research we make an effort to preserve the indigenous wisdom. Like the establishment of the Center for Bali Studies, Center for Balinese Architectural Studies and Center for Bali Cattle Research pose the obligation and responsibility of the institution. The institution will accommodate professional groups with their respective expertise. We will use this to face the
external onslaught,” he said. Even, his party aspired to make the Udayana University a Center for Indigenous Wisdom Development. “Actually this has been quite a long prepared by predecessors in Udayana. And now we are still building the Humanity Building,” he said. The existence of the building was expected to be the center for studies or cultural center. As planned, the building would be equipped with a museum and center for studies. “So, there will be a museum and center for various studies centralized in the building. Thus, all the thinkers of Udayana can be taken to think about the problems of Bali and Indonesia,” he explained. He mentioned that his party had
submitted a proposal to build the Humanity Building that would be intended as the center for cultural studies. “I do hope the government could assist through the state budget. We have submitted the proposal for the building construction, so that it can be completed next year,” he concluded. Meanwhile, I Wayan Geriya also advised the Udayana University to build a center of excellence leading to the world class culture-based university. It was an effort in maintaining the indigenous wisdom of Bali. “To maintain the indigenous wisdom, we can do it through the synergy of the expressive and progressive to result in mutual reinforcement,” he said. (kmb27)