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Editor's Highlights Sign up to be notified of new issues. See a sample newsletter	Skip to primary navigation March-April 2006 Volume 108, Number 4 Jump to Section: Letters, Right Now, The Browser, New England Regional, Features, John Harvard's Journal, The Alumni, The College Pump, Treasure Letters Cambridge 02138 I believe Erin O’Donnell’s statement (“Twigs Bent Left or Right,” January-February, page 34)—that “people are... Right Now Sex and the Inner City The sexual and romantic habits of urban black males have long been a subject of scrutiny. Forty years ago, the Moynihan Report—The Negro... Downloading Deafness Most of us by now have had problems communicating with an oblivious headphone user who ignores our impatient repetitions of “Excuse... Waiting to Inhale Extreme sports usually mean speed, danger, or spectacular stunts—things like snowboarding, skateboarding, rock climbing. They may reach... Back to top The Browser The Perfect Amateur For John Updike ’54, Litt.D. ’92, visiting museums is not a chore but a pleasure, one that brings back fond early memories of trips... Off the Shelf Prayer: A History, by Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski, Ph.D. ’84 (Houghton Mifflin, $29.95). He is a senior editor at Parabola, she is a... Chapter & Verse James Wallace seeks to learn the origin of, and find more verses of, parody lyrics for “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,” by... The Education of a Poker Player When I entered Harvard as a freshman in 1974, poker was less prominent in popular culture than it is today. There wasn’t much commercial... Karts Get Some Respect Stephan Wilkinson ’58, automotive editor at Popular Science, is said to be a longtime expert on the way men entertain themselves when no... Back to top New England Regional Extracurriculars Savor the sunshine and dabble in a variety of activities in and around Harvard Square this spring, ranging from a string of orchestral concerts... Good Times at Frank's Okay, you can strap on your credit card, go to Grill 23 in Boston, and have placed before you a 24-ounce (yes, 24 ounce) porterhouse steak ($44)... Living with Modern Furniture Elizabeth (Dean) and Heinrich Hermann live in a nondescript ranch house in Concord, Massachusetts, that was built as affordable housing for... Back to top Features The People's Epidemiologists In the city of Boston—and everywhere else—wealth equals health. If you live in Beacon Hill’s Louisburg Square, which sits in the... Rereading the Renaissance The only thing most teachers and students of the humanities agree on, it often seems, is that these are troubled times for their field. For a... Mary Ingraham Bunting When a group of Radcliffe students in the early 1960s complained to Mary Ingraham Bunting about the Harvard English department’s... Telltale Apparatus Photographs by Jim Harrison At last, Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments has come up from its hiding place in the... The Marketplace of Perceptions Like all revolutions in thought, this one began with anomalies, strange facts, odd observations that the prevailing wisdom could not explain... Neuroeconomics Certain patterns of response to rewards seem to be biologically embedded in the human brain. A branch of behavioral economics called... Games of Trust and Betrayal “People care not only about outcomes, but about how outcomes came to be,” says associate professor of public policy Iris Bohnet of... Back to top John Harvard's Journal Arts and Sciences Dean to Leave Office Friday evening, January 27, was quiet, with the College dispersed for intercession. Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean William C. Kirby was... Crimson Cranescape This panorama, photographed from the Western Avenue Bridge over the Charles River, gives some sense of Harvard’s current, very extensive... Capital Costs The dimensions of Harvard’s current building boom—readily obvious to sidewalk superintendents along Memorial Drive at Western... Fraught Finances Amid an historic expansion, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) must now come to terms with the costs of its growth. An anticipated deficit... Darren Higgins Remember the couple of hot dogs in your fridge that you appear to think are immortal? As the dogs lurk there for week after week, precooked and... University Professors Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Stephanie Mitchell/ Harvard News Office President Lawrence H. Summers appointed two utterly different... Corporation Credentials The newest member of Harvard’s senior governing board, Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 (see “Brevia,” January-February, page... Art Museums Launch Renaissance The rebirthing of the Harvard University Art Museums is announced. After months of strategic planning, and a wide-ranging search for real... Yesterday's News 1931 The Harvard Placement Service appeals for help as it tries to find work for graduating seniors and older alumni who have lost their jobs... John Simon John Simon Peter North Critic John Simon ’46, Ph.D. ’59, celebrated for his acerbic reviews in New York... HIID Denouement The federal lawsuit concerning the conduct of the Harvard Institute for International Development’s advisory work on the privatization of... A Saudi Prince's Controversial Gift Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul-aziz Alsaud, reportedly the richest member of the Saudi royal family and head of the investment firm Kingdom... Curricular Commitments Departing Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean William C. Kirby has attempted to set the clock ticking for completing a revision of the... Money-Manager Compensation Compensation data for the most highly paid Harvard Management Company (HMC) investment personnel—subject to some sharp criticism in recent... Sharing the Wealth Distributions from the endowment now make up the largest source of Harvard’s operating revenues: $855 million, or 31 percent of University... Brevia Cash Conservation Crimson Style The Harvard Financial Aid Initiative aims both to attract applicants and to enroll more students from modest... Campaigning, College-Style The Undergraduate Council (UC) unveiled 24-hour Lamont Library access and fatter grants for student groups early in the fall, but soon... Speeding in the Lanes Last February, the powerhouse Harvard women’s swimming and diving squad rolled into Princeton for the three-day Ivy championship meet... Winter Sports Basketball The women’s team (7-11, 3-2 Ivy) had a bumpy start against non-Ivy opponents, but took out Yale, Columbia, and Cornell, all by... Harvard in the Olympics Rarely will you hear a former Olympic and National Hockey League player use the word “fungible” twice within a few minutes, but C.J... Fashion Forward Drawings by Lewis Albert The spotlights are on and the music is pounding. I am sitting close to the edge of a stage in the darkened Bright... Three for the Road Thanks to Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, three current Harvard students will do their research in England next year. Senior Jay A.H. Butler... Back to top The Alumni Nothing to Fear Few people devote their lives to creatures that have frightened and killed humans throughout history. Herpetologist Kate Jackson, Ph.D... Charting the Universe Christopher Columbus can claim the world is round all he wants, but it doesn’t matter—the universe is flat. Paul L. Richards... Growing through OCD “I am glad I have OCD,” writes Charles M. Barber ’85 in his memoir, Songs from the Black Chair. Barber, who spent a decade as... Ballots, Please This spring, alumni vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and for elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots... HAA Clubs Committee Awards The HAA Clubs Committee presents two annual awards for contributions to Harvard clubs. Recipients of the 2005 Outstanding Club Contribution... Comings and Goings University clubs offer a variety of stimulating gatherings. Here is a list of Harvard-affiliated speakers appearing at local clubs this winter... Return to Harvard Day On April 19, alumni of all College classes, their spouses, and high school-aged-offspring have an opportunity to visit the College, attend... Women and War The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study offers April events in Washington, D.C., and New York City that high-light women’s roles in... Alumni Colleges The HAA offers Cambridge forums on South Asia and diplomacy this spring. “South Asia: A Changing World,” on April 22, is cosponsored... Young Bernstein in Boston The leaders of a spring seminar and fall exhibit and conference on Leonard Bernstein ’39 seek firsthand information about the musician in... Harvard in India The Harvard Alumni Association’s Global Series conference “The Power of the Idea: An Academic Symposium Exploring Outreach in South... A Special Notice Regarding Commencement Exercises Morning Exercises, Thursday, June 8, 2006 To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard's Commencement Exercises, the... Back to top The College Pump Curl Up with the Cloud-gatherer "Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." This spring Harvard University Press publishes the... Back to top Treasure Cosmopolitan Horse Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums Vital, handsome, standing four-square, its tail raised, neck arched, head lifted...

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