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Valerie J. Macmillan

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Is the World Flat?

T here's a Hal Ketchum song about life in small-town America that has haunted me throughout my time at Harvard.


Wrestling Her Way to Harvard

L auralee Summer '98 never had many toys. But the girl who moved 20 times before her mid-teens did have


A Cowboy's Kind of Girl

I magine you're listening to a male country-western singer describing his ideal woman. Take a guess as to what he'd


passage to india

L ooking ahead to Commencement, most seniors realize that it's imperative to keep their families both entertained and out of


SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY

Ah, the Harvard vocabulary. In this week's plea for our money, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles noted that


hoppin

Bathed in blue light, musical legends gaze down in bas relief from the ceiling at House of Blues, welcoming a


Parting Shot

M ajor Henry Higginson must be lonely. One of the all-time best friends of undergraduates is stuck presiding over the


Penalty Not Revenge

In accusing the Curley family of looking for revenge, the staff is making assumptions it cannot be sure are true.


Airy Barker Center Replaces Union

T he antler chandelier remains. It now hangs in a light and airy central stair hall which is decorated in