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...special occasion for the senior tri-captain.This year, however, the game is different.When the Harvard men’s lacrosse team steps onto the field to face Cornell on Saturday it will be walking onto the turf of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.—home of the New England Patriots.The 68,000-seat stadium, which normally displays players such as Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Tedy Bruschi, will host its first ever lacrosse games in a Saturday doubleheader, starting with the Crimson taking on the Big Red at noon.“It’s a great opportunity...
Jeremy R. Knowles, the former Royal Air Force officer who left England to join Harvard's Chemistry department in 1974 and quickly became a pillar of the University, leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for nearly 12 years, died Thursday April 3, after a prolonged struggle with prostate cancer. He was 72. He died at his home in Cambridge, the University announced in a statement. To discuss Knowles' life, please leave comments below...
...digital progress--advances in 3-D, smaller HD cameras and bolder audio. "You get all that intimacy, but you get a big sound to it, and suddenly you have something completely immersive," says Stephen Walker, the director of Young @ Heart, a quirky (2-D) documentary about a New England senior citizens' chorus that covers songs by the Clash and James Brown. Walker shot 81-year-old Fred Knittle singing Coldplay's Fix You with five small cameras at a Massachusetts theater. Because it was both unobtrusive and ubiquitous, Walker's crew was able to capture Knittle's spare, moving performance...
...those of us who can’t believe that spring break is over, here’s a movie about a miserable, sex-craved New England college student (John Cusack) who hitchhikes all the way to California for a “Sure Thing”—“no questions asked, no strings attached, no guilt involved.” Or, in other words, Nicollette Sheridan. Since spring break is done and gone, do the next best thing and reminisce with a beer and a bag of cheese puffs...
...Sturgess plays Ben Campbell, a nerdy kid from MIT who counts cards as a high-stakes blackjack player in Vegas on the weekends. The actor, who came to the interview in tight dark jeans and snake-skin boots, grew up in Manchester, England. His role in “21” took him out of London, where he now lives, into the bright lights of Las Vegas. “It felt like a big party. Everyone was pretty young on the set and we all just had a blast,” said Sturgess. The film, which chronicles...