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Around 4 p.m., as the sky darkened, Summers was lowered into a 2-m-deep grave. Kok-de Bruijn and Calderoni, the two who had spent time with the deceased, were the only ones crying. Fuligno then stepped up onto the nearby pile of earth and invited mourners each to toss a handful of dirt onto the coffin, as his fellow Baptists always do. After hesitating, the onlookers began to step forward. And, slowly, the white casket adorned with the teenagers' magic-markered calligraphy disappeared under a layer of soft, brown earth...
...Scot M. Miller ’07, the awards just keep on coming. The Earth and Planetary Sciences concentrator can now add the prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship to his growing resume, which already includes the Truman Scholarship and Udall Scholarship from earlier this year. The Mitchell Scholarship, sponsored by the US-Ireland Alliance, provides for 12 American citizens under 30 years old to study for a year in Ireland. Miller hopes this experience will allow him to pursue his environmental activism and studies from a different perspective. “I think Ireland is a really neat place...
Born in Pakistan and based in London, artist Julia Condon has caused quite a stir with her one-of-a-kind mobiles. Made of cable, stainless steel, crystals, jade, Venetian glass, African beads and Peruvian opals, these rustproof pieces conjure up images of faraway galaxies. On earth, Condon scours flea markets from New York City to Paris, finding her materials from unlikely sources, once even taking apart a chandelier. She hopes her mobiles, with prices that start at $4,000, create a mesmerizing feeling for viewers. "I wanted to create something that's moving, that takes you away," she says...
...entirely wasted effort. “You know the Playboy issues you would be kind of excited about but never pay the six dollars for? They always had those issues.”Neither James nor Steve had serious qualms about donating their goods for others to populate the earth. While James was slightly worried that “my familial kids might meet my sperm babies,” Steve “thought the idea of a bunch of my kids running all over the place was kind of sweet.” With no financial responsibility...
...Prodigal Summer” humans are just another species on the earth, physical creatures with their needs and desires. This physicality does not diminish humanity, but elevates it. The next time you need an escape from the gray winter of Harvard, open “Prodigal Summer” and immerse yourself in a lush, sensuous world where wildness can still be found...