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...coursework from early January until March. “[I] finally had a moment to sit down with my friends and have some meaningful conversations that weren’t predetermined by a syllabus,” Stebbins wrote in an e-mail. “It was a breath of fresh air, to be able to enjoy the company afforded here without the standard stress.” But students without January exams do not necessarily get off scot-free. Lengthy term papers are often the price of having no finals, as Geoff S. Johnston...
Take a deep breath. Now exhale slowly. You're probably not aware of it, but your heart has just slowed down a bit. Not to worry; it will speed up again when you inhale. This regular-irregular beat is a sign of a healthy interaction between heart and head. Each time you exhale, your brain sends a signal down the vagus nerve to slow the cardiac muscle. With each inhale, the signal gets weaker and your heart revs up. Inhale, beat faster. Exhale, beat slower. It's an ancient rhythm that helps your heart last a lifetime. And it leads...
...anonymous freshman, before I gained ten pounds and started a sex blog that turned my attractiveness into a matter of public debate. Yet despite multiple qualms last Friday night, I somehow found myself wearing nothing but sneakers among equally unclothed peers. As the chanting began, I took a deep breath and started to reassure myself that I looked fine...
...however, are those who are convinced that Harvard is nothing more than a conservative and self-perpetuating society of rich old white men, who need nothing more than the selection of the 28th white male Harvard president to vindicate them. With people on both sides waiting with bated breath for our university to make a grave misstep in either direction, we find ourselves in a textbook case of "damned if you do, damned if you don’t." No matter who is selected, the selection will be viewed as reactionary rather than a reflection of the merits...
...think she would be terrific,” says Yale anthropologist John F. Szwed who has known Richard for 25 years. “I think she would be something in the best tradition and a breath of fresh...