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Harvard dorms are known for being luxurious, old and, well, gloomy. But students soon may have a much brighter future...
...Brothers, who went on to a notable TV career, attributes the appeal of the '50s quiz shows to lucky timing: "We were in a race with Russia to prove we were brighter, better, more intelligent," she says. "Today that's no big whoop." Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, agrees. "Back in the '50s, this was a rare instance where intellectualism and knowledge were really celebrated," he says. "Education had suddenly become a very, very front-page, desirable commodity. Bear in mind that these quiz shows are playing right about...
...Rich first came to FM's table as a Dick. Two weeks later, he abandoned Harvard Square for the brighter concrete of the Bayside Expo Center, setting an intrepid tone for the rest of his magazine career. Creative, thoughtful and newly shorn, Rich also enjoys playing rugby and programming computers. He seeks answers of all kinds, but primarily to the question: How to keep FM first...
...Pusey '?? visited Rothko. A keen-minded Yale dropout, Rothko facilely picked up on Pusey's religious interests and proceeded to affix the Passion of Jesus to the murals--the darker ochres of Panels #1-3 (the triptych) were the colors of Good Friday and the Last Supper, while the brighter magenta pink of Panel #5 was representative of the Resurrection. Pusey, thoroughly impressed by Rothko's analysis and enthusiasm, advised the Corporation to vote for the murals' installment...
Only when the celebration ends in New Haven will a few of the brighter students realize that such transitory jubilation comes at a price. On the field, there is nothing crueler than a catch unanimously condemned, an uncertain victory leading to a title universally questioned. Fate, in her characteristic irony, has presented Yale with a double-edged sword, a transparent triumph ending in terrible tragedy...