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...goal is to explore the art of cooking, but also to learn to feed yourself at a very basic level,” said Jason J. Wong ’10, one of the students taking advantage of the program...

Author: By Nora A. Tufano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Marinating in Knowledge with HUDS | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

William N. Forster ’13, one of the undergraduates who assist the non-native speakers in the new course, recalls his foreign Life Science 1a teaching fellow’s struggle with communicating the basic concepts of biology...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graduate Student Teaching Fellows Lost in Translation | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

Last week, for example, students were asked to read an article about the intensity of the American college process. The exercise provided students the basic tools to engage in conversation both inside and outside the classroom, according to Pollock...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graduate Student Teaching Fellows Lost in Translation | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

...what of the moral prerogative? The truth is that Israel is a paragon for human rights protections. It has the highest human development index and democracy index of any nation in the Middle East. Unlike any other country in the region, Israel respects basic liberties such as freedom of assembly, religion, and the press, as well as more specific causes such as women’s and gay rights...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin and Joseph Mandelbaum | Title: An Oasis of Freedom | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...living. Since at this time the gods are so close, it is also an opportune moment to ask for precipitation; splashing therefore becomes a way of praying for plenty. By sprinkling water, the Dai, like the Indians before them, should be attempting to entice rainfall. It is a most basic appeal, but one that is easily forgotten in the disorder of the holiday. Perhaps not this year, though. "When it rains during the New Year's festival, it's particularly auspicious," says Cable. "It's supposed to mean that the Dai will have a bountiful harvest in the coming year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drought Throws Cold Water on Yunnan's Water Festival | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

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