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Harvard College will launch its first venture in distance learning tomorrow with Harvard at Home, an online learning website that will offer alumni users a chance to explore academic topics from ancient Greek poetry to the physics of fluids...
Harvard at Home will make its debut with three vignettes. The headliner will be a segment called "Rediscovering Homer: Poetry and Performance," an abridged version of a two-day alumni seminar that was given last year by Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature Gregory Nagy...
According to Greek mythology, Daedalus was an Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos--and then craftily escaped the island by fastening wings to his back. Although it makes for a great story and an even better name, the connection between the Greek myth and the newest bar-restaurant in the Square simply does not hold. Who would want to fly away from the luxury of Cambridge's newest venture into fine decor, dining and imbibing...
...risk of inflating the significance of increasing members in Greek organizations (News, "Rush Hour," Feb. 23), the recent explosion of interest in such groups should trigger an examination of the House-centered College system. Although the two spheres of social bodies may not necessarily intersect (especially as rush targets first-years) and can meet different needs, the core missions of many Greek groups include strengthening camaraderie and organizational allegiance, offering outlets for community service and providing support and advice for its members--many of which fall under the purview of the House system. If the Houses are not adequately addressing...
...will lock them up and then we will forget where we put them." ALKISTIS SOULOGIANNI, Greek cultural official, on the fate of underwear belonging to the late diva Maria Callas