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Kanev added that Wei has become an unofficial advisor for him. He said that in this capacity, Wei does not cultivate the “classical advisor-advisee relationship,” but rather tends to form closer, friendlier bonds with students...
...catch a whiff of a smell that calls back those aged books in the stacks, and I remember the touch of their pages and the rustle of papers in Loker and the echo that my boots made walking over the uncarpeted marble floors, and it all feels much closer...
...days when the work upon my back has weighed like the world upon Atlas, the façade of Widener Library, looming closer with each step, has often seemed to be opening its palatial, ravenous jaws to swallow me whole for untold hours. Other days, particularly in winter when the icy wind rips through Tercentenary Theater and Widener’s windows exude a warm, promising glow, walking into the library is like entering a warm embrace. Whether monstrous or motherly, it is this fickle-tempered friend that has nonetheless been a constant presence in my four years at Harvard...
...closer examination of a resume drafted by former Harvard student Adam B. Wheeler reveals inconsistencies in line with recent charges that he submitted fraudulent applications to a slew of institutions...
...found him sitting, waiting—at least it seemed he was waiting. I picked up a palm nut lying on the ground, which they love, and held it out to him and he didn’t want it. He turned his head away, I put my hand closer, he took the nut, dropped it, and then very gently squeezed my hand—which is how chimps reassure each other. So that was a perfect communication using a form of communication that clearly predates words...