Word: mahowald
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...middle to create a spider’s web. WS: Oh yes, I remember that one.Robert P. Ciofani ’09, Secretary of The Harvard Crossword SocietyRoving Reporter (RR): What’s your favorite crossword clue of all time?Robert P. Ciofani (RPC): My roommate Kyle Mahowald is the person you really want to talk to. He interned with Will Shortz a few summers ago. I liked the theme of one of his puzzles. It was “Not ‘ie?...
...crossword-puzzle whiz, an activist for human rights in Latin America, a budding neuropsychologist, and an aspiring scholar of contemporary China comprise the four Harvard seniors rewarded Marshall Scholarships for the two academic years following graduation. Kyle A. Mahowald ’09, John M. Sheffield ’09, Emma Y. Wu ’09, and Andrew C. Miller ’09 all received the prestigious scholarship, which will fund two years of study for a graduate level degree at any university in the United Kingdom. Harvard’s triumph in racking four scholarships marks...
...wine situation?” Think you can find the perfect words for the corners of a puzzle? The Harvard Crossword Society gave these challenges a shot at yesterday’s “Make Your Own Crossword” in Sever Hall. Kyle A. Mahowald ’09, who has constructed crosswords for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications, explained the basics of the crossword craft to about half a dozen crossword enthusiasts. Mahowald said this year’s Crossword Society public event was much more “low-key?...
...kind of come full circle in getting to experience that.” The 24 junior inductees are Isha Agarwal, Charles R. Drummond, Marta M. Figlerowicz, Marina Fisher, Rachel J. Gottlieb, Matthew J. Hall, Kevin M. Jonke, Elissa Leechawengwongs, Paul J. R. Leopando, Samuel F. Lichtenstein, Kyle A. Mahowald, Alexander W. Marcus, Andrew C. Miller, Shira A. Mitchell, Noah L. Nathan, Ravi B. Parikh, Charles J. Redlick, Julia E. Schlozman, Tharanga N. Senaratne, Malorie N. Snider, Zeba A. Syed, Allison K. Turbiville, Jimmy C. Yang, Lauren E. Yapp. —Staff writer Alissa M. D’Gama...
...occur when the brain is down. The sleep/wake switch is in the brainstem, which helps control the body's most basic functions and stays active for longer than the higher brain in cardiac arrest. "It's likely that the transition to brain death is, in fact, gradual," says Mahowald, "and NDEs occur during this transition." As for people reporting accurately on events that went on around them while they were apparently unconscious, Nelson says "they may be seemingly out of it but still processing in a very aberrant...