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...stock fuel for the flight, sometimes doubling in size before they leave. Certain birds even shrink their internal organs to make themselves more energy-efficient. Migrating species today also have to contend with the gradual destruction of the wetlands and other oases they might use as refueling stops along their flight path. Adding 250 more miles to the trip could be devastating. "These little birds push themselves to the limit of their endurance to fly these distances," says Willis. "Anything that makes these trips longer could be the difference between making it and not making...
...story. The Advocate’s past literally envelops the space: the walls of the Sanctum are lined with rows of wooden plaques dating back to 1872. Names written in gold commemorate board members of each guard, the letters fading away with each older plate. To peruse these plaques along the perimeter of the room is to travel back in time through a chronicle of Harvard luminaries—L. Grossman, J. Atlas, T. S. Eliot, J. Ashbery, T. Roosevelt. History’s presence is ubiquitous in the Advocate, suspended over every aspect of the publication. Bookshelves sag with...
...Damrosch: I’m doing a world literature survey course, for undergraduates: Literature 11. My favorite part of it is really finding interesting juxtapositions of works around the world. I have a lot of fun teaching it; for example, the Moliere play ‘Tartuffe’ along with Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s ‘The Love Suicides at Amijima’ is really fun... In this, what’s really interesting is these two playwrights are contemporaries and have never heard of each other, but they’re both writing dramas about...
...Intuitionist’ was really big coming out of the gate. It became a major novel immediately. I had him assigned in two of my classes [as an undergraduate at Yale].” Whitehead has become a powerful voice in the literary world, participating in critical literary discourse, along with producing creative works. His novels “John Henry Days” (2001), a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and “Apex Hides the Hurt” (2006) have been highly lauded for Whitehead’s comedic command of language and his ability to create interesting conceits...
...opportunity to soak in the stadium's rich history and take the same field that has played host to some of baseball's greatest legends was not lost on the team. Watch the video after the jump for scenes from the Crimson's day at Fenway, along with reflections from Harvard players and some great anecdotes from the always entertaining Coach Joe Walsh...