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Justin A. Rice ’99 and Christian T. Rudder ’97 of indie rock band Bishop Allen may one day thank Middle-English literature for making them rock stars. Bishop Allen, so-named for the street in Central Square where Rice and Rudder first lived and...

Author: By Anna K. Barnet and Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: New Kids on the Block | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

In time he would save the expedition from extinction. First, though, he would be imprisoned by his fellow adventurers, sentenced twice to hang, and spared from ritual Algonquian execution by an enchanting woodlands princess whose memory would haunt him the rest of his life.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Captain John Smith | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

Those lines comprise the most fawning reference to a female in the voluminous collection of Smith's lifetime of writings. He had good reason to find her extraordinary. For one thing, she saved him from execution by her father. Some historians doubt that--Smith is the only historical source for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mad About You | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

While the leading scorers on the Harvard women’s lacrosse team got their share of goals Saturday, late tallies from one of the Crimson’s less prolific shooters spurred the team to a win that snapped a recent seven-game losing streak. Sophomore midfielder Sarah Bancroft?...

Author: By Tyler D. Sipprelle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Lacrosse Snaps Seven-Game Losing Streak | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

The fully annealed killer who emerges from this process is a cold and deliberate thing. The time he's spent rehearsing his carnage is a big part of what causes the actual execution of it to appear so disciplined and free of emotion - or even pleasure. That, however, does not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside a Mass Murderer's Mind | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

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