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...idea was to determine whether the emotional impact of learned symbolic speech, or semiotics, could be as deeply felt as that of inborn gestures. Shrugging the shoulders, for example, is a universal - and inherent - gesture of confusion or surrender, probably because it lowers the head relative to the upper body, conveying submission. Yes or no head nods may go all the way back to infancy, as babies tend to search for the breast by moving their heads up and down and detach by moving side to side - effectively saying "yes, please" and "no more." Not every culture uses head nods...
...year, Kim moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as the Director of Planning, Policy, and Finance at the E.L. Haynes Public Charter School. He and the school’s founder, Jennifer C. Niles, met when she taught at Phillips Academy, where Kim attended high school. The two felt such a strong professional affinity that Niles held a position open for him when she opened the charter school, said Emmeline K. Owyang ’93, one of Kim’s sisters...
...feel really dumb for doing it,” said Sarah H. Arshad ’09, who entered her user name and password only to see a random, nonsensical video appear on her screen. “I mean, it’s funny because I instinctively felt I shouldn’t be doing it, but I clearly did it anyway. I should know better by now,” Arshad said. “It’s never happened [to me] before, but it’s common sense not to put your password and login...
...watched ‘Gladiator’ and flipped through the fight scenes to prepare,” says our next opponent, Christopher H. Miller ’10. We come out victorious, however. Sinking the last cup feels much like how, I imagine, Congress felt when it founded the Peace Corps. 10:12 p.m.—In the losers’ bracket, Yuan F. Liu ’09 is effuse with the glow of good works. “We connect to the people we’re helping through the beer,” Liu said...
...always heard about the Briggs-Copeland lectureships—they’re pre-eminent,” said Christina S. Davis, the curator of the George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room and organizer of the event. “I felt like to anchor my season, I wanted to begin by honoring them...