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...uses Facebook, says it's "absurd" to associate the social network with poor grades or lack of aptitude. "It's a networking tool for people," says Kamin, who adds that he spends about an hour a day on Facebook, far less time than he spends playing the addictive game Brick Breaker on his BlackBerry - there's that question of users' distractability and tendency to procrastinate. But, Kamin says, "I don't think someone is more or less intelligent because they sign up for it." (See pictures of the college dorm's evolution...
Memorial Church seems, at first glance, to be a vestige of Harvard’s Puritan roots. The austere brick façade evokes the covenanted communities of New England from which Harvard men used to flock. Accordingly, Memorial Church is Protestant...
...different sects shouldn’t be religious” and a 1931 editorial in The Crimson eloquently concluded, “To railroad through the University a War Memorial Chapel that does not express the ideals of all Harvard men is to confine its significance to brick and steel.” Despite these objections, Lowell’s church was completed, with alumni funding...
Healing Arts. The Kripalu yoga center's main red-brick building, originally a Jesuit seminary built in the '50s, may not be gorgeous, but its setting overlooking Stockbridge Bowl is one of the best views of the Berkshires. Kripalu (57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA; 800-741-7353) offers renowned yoga and meditation classes, as well as kayaking, cycling and guided meditation walks. Healthy meals are included in your stay, but if you prefer to venture into nearby Lenox, check out the sushi at Fin (27 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA; 413-637-9171), whose Japanese fare is as good or better...
...Tianyu Natural History Museum doesn't look like the repository of a scientific treasure trove. A nondescript brick building in Pingyi, a secluded town 430 miles (692 km) southwest of Beijing, its doors are guarded by two groggy security guards who spend their day flipping through newspapers and sipping tea. There are no curators or guides giving tours of the museum's 28 exhibit halls, and only a handful of visitors on a Sunday afternoon...