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...Harvard” by Walter R. Spalding, Class of 1887, says the latter.One of the group’s earliest and most infamous practices was their nighttime trips to serenade the young ladies of the Boston area.According to a Time Magazine article from March 29, 1943, their lantern-lit jaunts took Pierian members from Brattle Street to Beacon Hill. The HRO website quotes orchestra records from 1840:“It came to pass in the reign of Simon the King, that the Pierians did meet in the tabernacle. And lo! A voice was heard saying, Let us go serenading...

Author: By Eric W. Lin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 200 | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Jon Clardy explained that naturally frisky male meadow voles suddenly became faithful and prone to “huddling” with females when injected with a gene of their monogamous cousin the prairie vole, the eyes of every woman in the class lit up. How much more persuasive is the idea “it’s just not in his DNA” than “he’s just not that into...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore | Title: The Core in Real Life | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...back out, they could see the wind gusts kicking up the embers, which were blowing everywhere. As they were leaving the canyon area, they saw another house go up in flames. "The fire was fully blazing," says Gudim. "Every window of the house was lit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing the Santa Ana | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

...elevator. As I burst back onto the main floor, panting and sweating, I thanked God I was alive and not being forced to drink blood of small woodland creatures. I then spent the remainder of my afternoon reading this book cover-to-cover in the safe and well-lit periodicals room...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Stacked | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...from heavyweights in the Christian Right world, including Bob Jones III and Don Wilton, former president of the South Carolina Southern Baptist Convention, Mitt Romney technically won the straw poll with 1,585 of the total 5,576 votes cast. But it was former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who lit up the crowd with a fiery sermon as the last candidate to address the gathering. He took second place, just 30 votes behind Romney. When organizers broke the votes down into those cast online and those of summit attendees, the results revealed a true thrashing. In the tally of those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee's Bid for the Christian Right | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

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