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While many students, even at Harvard, tend to avoid the library whenever possible, Diane Tucker flocks there like a bee to honey. It seems that what to one undergrad is a place to check email and read for 45 minutes (before falling asleep) is to Tucker a treasure trove. Surrounded by bags of library books and study materials, she snacks on chocolate bars while soaking up natural light and the cultural norms of the Middle East. FM sat down with Tucker, a second year GSAS student in the Middle Eastern Studies Department, to talk about why she?...
...honey sweeten your health? Researchers at the University of California at Davis gave volunteers four tablespoons of buckwheat honey a day for a month and found that honey consumption was directly related to blood levels of polyphenols--antioxidant compounds found in fruits, vegetables and tea that have been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease and cancer. Sure, honey has calories--64 per tablespoon--but given that the average American consumes 150 lbs. of caloric sweeteners each year, substituting honey for sugar seems like a healthy trade...
...truth is, I hadn't thought much about life after high school, even though I was an excellent student and a voracious reader. I was a popular girl and thought I was just the best dancer. To such bands as the Honey Drippers and Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five, I'd try out new steps for the jitterbug, the sand and other dances. I'd also daydream about boys and clothes and moving away from home to, well, anywhere. Cleveland, maybe, or even Chicago. I didn't have a plan...
Amazingly, I did actually learn some things from the Bergdorf blondes. Honey-colored alligator stilettos, for example, “disappear to the naked eye and elongate legs.” And seaweed is the new color for toenails...
...biggest complaints was no cereal variety,” she said. “They only had healthy cereals in ugly, dirty looking bins. Now I can get Honey Nut Cheerios from a nice looking dispenser...