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Tucked away in the Museum of Comparative Zoology is the labyrinthine office of Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and adjunct member of the Department of the History of Science. On my way in, his secretary tells me to “follow the voice,” and I do until I see Gould at his desk. The office is dim and crowded with posters covering the walls and books everywhere. I notice a neon green book on the floor with the words...
...influential scientist and expert wordsmith, as storyteller, opinionist, and master of the anecdote, Stephen Jay Gould has contributed an immense amount to the fields of paleontology, biology, geology, and anthropology—not to mention many others that he addresses with equal facility. “One of my theories is that everybody is very good at some thing,” he says. “Once in a while you’ll luck out and what you happen to be at is also professionally very useful, and I turned out to be in that category...
...Original Jazzy Jay, first to step up to the tables, showed the crowd why he is such a legendary figure in the history of turntablism, dropping a set of funky, old-school tracks. Jazzy Jay was a founding father of the hip hop DJ culture. Mixing in ’70s funk beats with cow bells and sound bites from a speech by President John F. Kennedy ’40, he composed sequences of impeccable timing, deep bass and infectious rhythms. His skills illustrated and made real the lyrics he scratched with: “Musical rhythms can mess...
...attack, key contributions are expected from Face-Off preseason honorable mention All-Americans Matt Primm and Doug Logigian, freshmen standout Mike McBride and junior Jay Wich, who leads the team in scoring with nine goals in six games...
David C. Newman ’03 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. As FM’s beleaguered proofer, he serves as the Crimson news executive responsible for controlling the magazine’s obsession with Jay-Z-derived slang. He can be reached at dnewman@fas.harvard.edu. As this issue went to print, Shelley finally e-mailed Dave back—to alert him that she had received an unintended e-mail from FM compers seeking reporting advice for an upcoming story. Score...