March 1, 2002

Arctic Art

How Cape Dorset became the Inuit art capital of the world

From The March-April 2002 Issue

Published in the March-April 2002 print issue in the Treasure section.

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Brief life of novelist Ann Petry, by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Brief life of a celebrity-averse novelist: 1908-1997

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The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

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A Cap on A’s at Harvard? Students and Faculty Raise Concerns at Town Hall

Dozens debate the grade inflation proposal that faculty will discuss next week.

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