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...Gutenberg, meet my little brother. He is a not-so-lean, preteen, book-loathing student of the fifth grade. Even when bribed to read with a late bedtime, cookies and milk—for him, the equivalent of a postponed death sentence and a last supper at Ruth’s Chris—he abstains, staring all too wistfully at the nearest blank television screen. So in searching for a way to challenge his plastic mind without turning him and it off, this summer I found a surprising solution: The Cartoon Network show “Family...
...been open for less than two years and is located in Boston’s financial district. The independently run restaurant is the product of a life long friendship. Ackil and co-owner Jon J. Olinto made plans to start their own businesses when they first met in the fifth grade. Ackil and Olinto maintained their friendship into adulthood, but at times, it appeared their dream of owning a business might not materialize. After graduation, Ackil put his independent business hopes aside to start a career in business consulting. “It turned out that I really hated consulting...
...simply dozed off during a close reading of “Ulysses” is way more plausible if you actually have a copy with you. 4. Feel like technology is taking over your life? Avoid the more popular ground floor reading room and head up to the fifth floor Farnsworth reading room, a “laptop free zone.” 5. Turn onto your side. Sleeping in the “head-drooping forward” position will only lead to an unpleasant crick in your neck the next morning. And don’t let that...
...previous week’s lectures on tape, but when there were no more dishes to wash.Once during the weekend, my cell phone rang. So I turned it off.Last spring, there was much fuss made about a survey by the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) that ranked Harvard fifth-from-last among 31 elite schools in terms of student satisfaction. Graduating seniors gave fair Harvard poor reviews for, among other things, the quality of students’ social life. University Hall’s response—in motion even before the data’s release?...
...ugly head immediately. Junior kick returner Neil Sherlock promptly fumbled and recovered the opening kickoff. Then, on the first play from scrimmage, the usually sure-handed Clifton Dawson was unable to hang on to a sloppy handoff from sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan, fumbling for only the fifth time in his career but the third already this season. O’Hagan fell on the ball at the Harvard nine-yard-line to preserve the Crimson’s possession. It was short-lived. Two plays later, a relentless Cornell defensive line gave free safety Kevin...