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...tests as part of a race and diversity event that focused on the “interconnectedness of the human population.” The pair had sent cheek swabs to the Genographic Project, a National Geographic effort that aims to map humanity’s genetic journey through history using patterns of known mutations that differ among populations. The tests traced Castelo-Branco back to Spain, a short hop over the border from his homeland that came as no surprise. This was not the case for Sassanfar, whose lineage was traced to Northern Europe, an entirely different continent...
Zornow’s journey to the top of the underground DJ battling community begins, ironically, with that most mainstream of musical experiences: watching MTV. Back when the network actually played music videos, young Sam fell in love with rap hits, circa...
...selection and academia, my first week back was quite secular, aside from forays to Hillel for the best food on campus. But my interest in the Bible was rekindled when I decided to take a course on the literature of the medieval world. Reading about Paul’s journey to the Third Heaven and the Apocalypse, I came to appreciate the Bible academically, from the history of its creation to its later influence on pretty much all of Western literature. However, absent was the deep spiritual and emotional connection with the good book that I had heard so much...
...crowded plane searching for an empty chair, ending up in one of the last rows. When flight attendants appear with a cart of sodas and instant noodles for sale, he plunks down 80 for a can of Milo chocolate drink. Fernandes then spends much of the two-hour journey chatting and shaking hands with each of the 140 passengers. After the plane touches down, he stands on the tarmac in his trademark red baseball cap, waves goodbye to the departing passengers and helps a team of baggage handlers unload suitcases from the cargo hold...
Milton enthusiasts spent over nine hours tackling the 12-volume epic poem, Paradise Lost, from cover to cover last night in the Signet Society house. The long journey, termed “Milton Madness” by Signet Society member and event organizer, Grace Tiao ’08, began with more than 20 avid participants. Tiao said that she was inspired to organize the marathon reading by her desire to read the epic aloud with others and the “curiosity to know what Satan sounds like at three in the morning.” For added effect...