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...raised at the fundraiser will go toward the "transformation of the college's North Hall into a dynamic, multi-function facility," according to printed remarks from MassArt President Kay Sloan...

Author: By Michael L. Shenkman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: First Lady Celebrates MassArt | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...Dawkins' book, Unweaving the Rainbow, alludes to an accusation that the romantic poet, John Keats, once directed at Newton for "unweaving the rainbow by reducing it to its prismatic colors." And so, instead of speaking of science and humanities in a broad sense, Dawkins uses Unweaving the Rainbow to function as an odd sort of rebuttal in which he accuses Keats (and every other romantic poet who criticized science) as being patently wrong. Although Dawkins' writing is lush and poetic, his approach is bizarre and confusing. Dawkins wants to say ultimately, that Newton was no different from Keats. Both made...

Author: By Joanne Sitarski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When the Two Cultures Go to War, Science Loses | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...plan to become more involved in the activities and function of WISHR and make sure that the organization's message is heard on campus," Secretary Shannon M. Nestor '01 wrote in an e-mail...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: WISHR Elects New Board Members | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

...years Ritalin has been a godsend for children who were so hot-wired they were simply unreachable, and unteachable. In severe cases, the benefits of Ritalin (and the family of related drugs) on these children's ability to function and learn and cope are so direct that advocates say withholding the pills is a form of neglect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Age Of Ritalin | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...think the most important function of the committee is to serve as an information source, to disseminate information on safety, hazardous waste and chemical handling, and we also use it as a learning vehicle," said chemistry safety committee chairperson Alan K. Long...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: Can We Prevent Chemical Spills? | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

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