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...acutely aware of the implications of historical amnesia—and the fact that five previous women’s centers were opened, and then closed, in the last 35 years at Harvard College. The reasons varied, but each time the closure happened, a new and even more committed crop of students arose from the remains to begin the effort again. This year, together with 12 talented and exceptionally hard working student interns, I’ve been committed to making sure that this women’s center fulfills its mission by attending to the legacies of the past...
...according to Buttenwieser University Professor Stanley Hoffmann, one of the five founders of Social Studies, the concentration carefully chose students during its initial years less in order to select the best of Harvard’s crop and more because they worried that most students at Harvard could not complete an interdisciplinary thesis...
...felt that in seasons past, we played like we had something to lose,” junior pitcher Shelly Madick said. “This season, we just focused on playing our best.” Although Harvard bowed out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, a crop of strong returning players suggests that the Crimson will be back again soon. —Staff writer Julia R. Senior can be reached at jrsenior@fas.harvard.edu...
...before the sacred beasts are seven golden trays bearing, respectively, rice, maize, sesame, beans, rice wine, water and grass. What the cows eat-and don't eat-during the ancient Royal Plowing Ceremony predicts the upcoming year's harvest. Munching on rice is good, a signal of a bountiful crop to come. Forgoing water for rice wine could presage a drought, along with a possible surge in public drunkenness...
...their own margins. The result: a grossly inefficient system in which farmers are divorced from market feedback and often must wait months to be paid. Many farmers routinely go into debt to the very traders who buy their produce and then sell them seeds and fertilizers for the next crop. Customers, meantime, had little choice but to accept food of uneven quality and unreliable supply. "Something that was designed to protect farmers and consumers ended up hurting them," says Mukherjee...