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...could be extended by as much as 250 miles by the end of the century. That's because as temperatures rise, the habitats of birds like the whitethroat, which breed in Europe, will need to shift farther north to more hospitable climates. But the birds' wintering grounds in Africa appear unlikely to shift northward - for reasons that still aren't clear - leaving the birds facing longer migrations. (See pictures of the effects of global warming...
...ways to make their books more relevant to the modern reader. For example, catchy design can make a scholarly work more accessible. Recently, the Press reissued the John Harvard Library, a series of American writings originally printed in the 1970s. Stormy blue-grey portraits of individual authors appear on the covers of each edition. The portraits, by contemporary artist Robert Carter, add energy to the old writings. “It gives a new feeling to these figures that people have just seen in dusty gilded frames and old galleries,” Carter says about his work. Fisher agrees...
...Whether it’s for the summer or forever, the magnetic pull to New York City—like that exerted on energetic bugs by a sophisticated flame—has long been undeniable. But an undercurrent of dissent is beginning to appear, as the collapse of the financial market has thrown some of the pitfalls of this high lifestyle into high relief for young people. There is, believe it or not, life outside of New York City. And, although it might be different, it’s probably not as terrible as you think...
...which addresses potential changes to the Administrative Board, the College’s main disciplinary body—was presented to Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds on March 6. Many of the suggestions proposed by the report, including any potential changes to the disciplinary policy appearing in the Student Handbook, must be presented to the Faculty Council and will require the approval of members of the faculty at a full Faculty meeting. At present, only two Faculty meetings remain before the end of the school year: one on May 5 and one on May 19. In order...
...publication in 2008, the story had been transformed. “It was very, very different,” she says. One of the main characters in “Love Marriage,” the protagonist’s uncle, didn’t even appear in her thesis. “I thought her thesis was wonderful and then I thought her book was wonderful,” Kincaid says, “but she grew as a writer and what she did in the book she couldn’t have done as a student...