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...member of the visiting team went up for a spike, revealing a strip of toned midriff. Bennett yelled something flattering in her direction. This caught the attention of Maya D. Simpson ’11, who was sitting a few rows away. Maya had short, choppy, jet-black hair, and wore a blood-red t-shirt. She turned to face Braddock, and from behind thick-rimmed glasses rolled her eyes incredulously. “I’m here to support my roommate,” she said, pointing at a gangly-looking girl who was sitting on the bench...
...canvassed everything from vanilla fragrance via cow poop to a “gay bomb” that made enemy soldiers mind-numbingly sexy to each other. (Sounds dangerous—and fabulous!) War-time orgies aside, the awards also mentioned a study on the effects of Viagra on jet-lagged hamsters. Diego A. Golombek, who conducted the study, flew in from Argentina to accept the Ig Nobel Aviation Prize. Why hamsters? Golombek explains, “We also tried it with worms...it didn’t work.” Ig Nobel Laureate and former Leverett House resident...
...seriousness didn’t seem to be at the forefront of anyone else’s mind last night. Toscanini’s owner Gus Rancatore presented each of the laureates with samples of ice cream that he jokingly claimed to have been inspired by one jet-setting laureate’s work. Mayu Yamamoto said she had flown all the way from Japan to receive her prize for the discovery of a process to extract vanillin from cow dung. In the chicken-themed “24/7 Lectures,” presenters were challenged to deliver a lecture...
...interest in yachts rising, there is an offsetting demand developing for new marinas. Andrew Farkas, ceo of Island Global Yachting, is building super-luxe yacht ports in places like Dubai. "My new marinas will be the perfect places to park your yachts," Farkas says. They'll have restaurants, private-jet services and Bulgari stores (in case you need a new diamond bauble). Anything less is merely a dock...
...former F-14 aviator, Carroll likens the V-22 to another Marine favorite, the AV-8 Harrier jump jet. "The Harrier," he notes, "is actually a good analogy for the V-22." Like the AV-8, the V-22 is a radical aircraft crammed with compromises that may change combat forever. And like the AV-8, it may also kill a lot of Marines while doing little of note on the battlefield. Since 1971, more than a third of Harriers have crashed, killing 45 Marines in 143 accidents. But there's a critical difference between the two warplanes. Each Harrier...