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“What Are You?”
… Most bluntly , the question was, "What are you?" Usually posed by a … me most. I dismissed the jibes from my young head in favor of more intriguing occupations, such as making the bathtub … take joyrides into Chicago from the 'burbs. But a new wave of ethnic insecurity washed over me as I fielded more …
Scientific Ambitions
… ”), but a claim has been staked to a significant chunk of turf. The University’s Task Force on Science and Technology, … a neurobiologist, on April 28 recommended that a “group of initiatives be clustered together in Allston, within two …
Issue: July-August 2005
Sehr Gut
… The classic jägerschnitzel ($24) is typically served with a … the dish is a salty, glutinous meal anchored by a strip of boot leather. At Bronwyn in Union Square , however, the … with apples and lots of bacon. Such refinements are no surprise coming from the owners, chef Tim Wiechmann and his …
Issue: January-February 2014
Strokes in Glass
… This new sculpture , Endurance , which hangs near the roof of Weld Boathouse, depicts part of the trail behind a single …
Issue: January-February 2010
Thrills, Baseball & Other
… With this talk of thrills we are not of course referring to the 2015 Red Sox. We are harking back …
Issue: September-October 2015
Harvardians Short-listed for National Book Awards
… Book Award categories today. In nonfiction, Kemper professor of American history Jill Lepore was nominated for Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. A Bancroft Prize …
South by North Harvard
… Might the University's center of gravity move one day from Harvard Yard south to the Charles River? Perhaps, if some of Harvard's options for academic growth over the next …
An E-privacy Policy
… e-mail accounts to find a purported leak, Faust said the University had “highly inadequate” policies and … The task force, chaired by David J. Barron, Green professor of public law, has recommended adoption of a single, …
Issue: May-June 2014
A Bloodbath, Averted
… she worked in a school, and, after more studies and a few other stops, where she ran a social-service foundation’s office for more than a decade, as the country became a … violence swept South Africa: A chance remark by a police officer—“Zulus are attacking all the foreigners”—overheard …
Issue: September-October 2013
MASS MoCA
… MASS MoCA has been a welcome and invigorating force within the Western Massachusetts arts-and-culture scene. This summer, the museum offers more than a dozen contemporary art shows, along with … in downtown North Adams, and curators make the most of courtyards, passageways, and lawns. The annual Bang on a …
Issue: July-August 2018
Chapter & Verse
… words attributed to Jane Austen: “Teach us that we may feel the importance of every hour, every minute, as it passes.” Eliot Kieval, intrigued by the famous assertion “I disapprove of [sometimes, disagree with ] what you say, but I will …
Issue: September-October 2013
Mesoamerican Notes
… Next to it stand what looks like a falcon, and a pair of monkeys with O-shaped mouths. Inches away, an alligator, … A smiling, seated man wears a hat and a heavy necklace. There are shells and fish and lizards and a squat … stranger figurines too: a dog riding on the back of a cow, and a creature that looks half-anteater, half-pig. …
Issue: March-April 2016
Green Genes
… Renovation of the Fogg Art Museum complex at 32 Quincy Street got a green light this spring, signaling the beginning of a new phase for University projects in Cambridge that …
Issue: May-June 2010
Sports Wrap
… Squash The women’s team (12-0, 6-0 Ivy) had an undefeated season … 16-0 season in which she lost only three games, two of them in the CSA individual final. The men (5-4, 4-2 Ivy) … the NCAA 157-pound championship, defeating Chase Pami of California Polytechnic, 6-4, in the final. O’Connor’s …
Issue: May-June 2010
Orderly Living
… In the middle ages , as now, following rules could give comfort in the chaos of life. Shown here are all six pages of an illuminated manuscript offering medical and dietary …
Issue: March-April 2012