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Last month, instead of asking their new classmates, "Where are you from?" many freshmen arriving at Appalachian asked one another, "Have you read the book?" The following day, the 2,321 freshmen broke into small groups for discussions led by faculty and administrators of A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines' acclaimed 1993 novel about a black man condemned to die for a crime he did not commit and the black teacher who visits him in jail. Author Gaines is scheduled to deliver the convocation address this week. And later this month the theater department will stage a play adapted from...
...when the oil guys were buying back in 1979 to 1981," says Bob Drummond, who organized the Reno auction, adding gleefully, "You've heard we're in a recession, right? Well, we're not." A June show at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma broke $2.5 million in sales on the opening night alone. Prices are soaring back East as well. "People look at Western art more seriously now for its contribution to American culture," says Eric Widing, Christie's American paintings expert. "Plus it's good...
...Harvard broke up the Wildcats’ play to pass the ball out of its defensive end on a breakaway to New Hampshire’s goal. But the Crimson’s momentum was stopped short when Wildcat Kaitlin Carney halted the attack and sent the ball back to Harvard’s end of the field...
...with 5:08 until halftime, Pell broke out of a mob in front of the goal to push the ball past junior Holly Colberg, giving the Crimson a 2-1 lead at the half...
...miscommunication between junior Crimson goalkeeper Cheryl Gunther and one of her defenders led to the Tigers’ first goal in the 27th minute. Gunther, who broke almost every Harvard record possible for a goalkeeper in her freshman year, collided with her defender as they tried to clear a cross. The ball popped loose to Reyes who calmly buried a bullet past the helpless Gunther, who could only watch from the ground. Gunther had not even touched the ball in the first 25 minutes of the half...