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...Long-term Impacts on Metro Boston,” also found that Boston’s average temperature will rise dramatically, with as many as 30 days a year eclipsing the 95-degree mark. The consequences of this could be sweeping, according to the report, including storms of greater magnitude causing sewer flooding, sea-level increase, and even the flourishing of insect populations due to heat and humidity. Paul H. Kirshen, the Tufts professor who managed the project, said he and his team of researchers generated several graphics depicting Boston-area landmarks in the aftermath of a storm a century...
According to the flyer, undergraduates A.J. Kennedy ‘07 and Danny P. Lane ‘07, who are both members of the Safe Campus Initiative (SCI) drafted the flyer. Students formed SCI—a club with chapters at several Boston-area schools—recently to advocate for the bill, according to Dan E. McAnulty, a 2005 MIT graduate and SCI member...
...said Freeze Magazine President Thea L. Sebastian ’08, referring to the financial difficulties her publication has faced over the past few months. Freeze—a Cosmopolitan for collegians, complete with sex tips, quiz, and fashion shoots—was intended to reach other Boston-area schools as well as Harvard, but the premiere edition faced problems with distribution. Policies at other schools barred Freeze from marketing its wares on those campuses, Sebastian said. Without the additional audience, Sebastian said her magazine ran into financial trouble. For the next issue—scheduled for a September...
...have heard, and what it might have sounded like to the contemporary audience.” Rodin’s dream of an ever-growing following seems to be materializing, if ticket sales of area performances are any indication. Boston Baroque sells out nearly half of its yearly concerts, and has sold more than 300,000 CDs. Other Boston-area groups, like Emmanuel Music, the famous Handel and Haydn Society, and the Early Music Festival, have had similar success. Boston’s vivacious early music ensembles have “blossomed and grown into something that...
Careers in law enforcement and architecture aren’t just for Chuck Norris and Frank Lloyd Wright anymore. Ninety young Boston-area girls came to Harvard Saturday afternoon for “Careers Day,” hosted by Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG). The third to fifth graders, who participated in the event, were introduced to a broad range of potential professions through a series of educational workshops in different career fields. Members of SWSG, an all-female campus mentoring organization for at-risk girls in the Boston area, ran the workshops, which allowed the girls to explore...