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...Auditorium on Thursday, Scottish novelist and law professor Alexander McCall-Smith admitted to writing about real-life acquaintances in his fiction. “I take great pleasure in putting real people into books. I take their permission, well, not entirely,” he said, before warning event host Professor Arthur I. Applbaum that he might come up in a future novel. McCall-Smith, a former professor of medical ethics at the University of Edinburgh, was born in Zimbabwe and lived for many years in Botswana. His fictional oeuvre includes “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency?...
...very kind and charismatic man, and many will be excited to see him.” Local Tibetans crafted a throne for the Dalai Lama to sit on during the teaching, which they unveiled last Saturday. “We are very excited and honored to host His Holiness, so a local Tibetan carpenter and tailor built a throne for His Holiness,” said Pema T. Shastri, a spokesman for the Tibetan Association of Boston. “It has taken several months to build the throne.” Sangay said he hopes the throne will eventually...
...Crimson also has a pretty good idea of what to expect tonight, as it rallied at home over one month ago to hand the Scarlet Raiders their first league loss of the season. Facing a 2-1 deficit, the host team picked up its offense when it needed it most, relying on clutch hitting by co-captain Brady Weissbourd and freshman Matt Jones to close out its second league win. Currently riding a string of three consecutive road wins, the Crimson will do its best to use past performances to its advantage...
...managed to find the drive–and the time–to be one of Harvard’s top sprinters the past three years.“She is an incredible student-athlete,” head coach Jason Saretsky said. “She has a host of allergies and she has had to work through many injuries.”“But no matter what has been going on, she has always found a way to persevere, and get out there to compete for us,” he continued.Through numerous trials to find...
...stages: Fenway Park. On Monday, the Crimson took its annual trip to Fenway to play against BC in the consolation game of the Baseball Beanpot tournament. While Harvard lost, 9-5, the opportunity to soak in the stadium's rich history and take the same field that has played host to some of baseball's greatest legends was not lost on the team. Watch the video after the jump for scenes from the Crimson's day at Fenway, along with reflections from Harvard players and some great anecdotes from the always entertaining Coach Joe Walsh...