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...Crimson shouldn’t need any extra motivation when the Bulldogs come to town. Yale is coming off its first Ivy loss of 2008—a 62-54 decision to Cornell in Ithaca—but at 3-1 sits in a four-way tie atop the Ancient Eight standings with Harvard, Dartmouth, and the Big Red. Last year’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year, six-foot sophomore Melissa Colburne and her 15.4 points per game lead the way for the Bulldogs. On paper, Colburne is a traditional post player—she?...
...what now? A glance at the Ivy League standings shows that Harvard is certainly not out of anything yet. This year’s Ancient Eight may prove to be an incredibly close race, and teams may beat up on each other all year long...
...million grant issued by the Northeast Asian History Foundation will focus on Korean ancient history to provide suggestions for the future direction of the country’s interactions with its neighbors. “A strong, viable relationship is not founded on the liquidation of history, but by building viable trust,” said Yongdeok Kim, president of the Seoul-based foundation, which will dispense the grant over the five years to the Early Korea Project. The grant will fund a series of workshops and publications, including an academic journal presenting Korean scholarship in English. The Early Korea...
...it’s also so true. Nestled in the warm embrace of MTV, record companies could drop millions on clips in which Mariah Carey could ride jet skis in a wet suit with a plunging neckline. Michael Jackson could seduce Eddie Murphy’s wife in Ancient Egypt over the course of nine minutes. Britney Spears could do it again—on Mars. By comparison, music videos today find themselves without a home. So in one sense, it’s very nice of art museums to try and give them a new home. More than...
...short-term solution of stuffing the nutritional cards in a drawer. They should design programs that celebrate food, that foster positive attitudes toward eating—more cooking classes, food tastings, and apple-picking field trips. So yes, in an ideal world, we’d all follow the ancient Okinawan practice and stop eating when we’re 80% full. But personally, I don’t know what 80% full feels like, and surrounded by food I haven’t prepared myself, I don’t want to live by guesswork. (In many restaurants...