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Richard W. Wrangham, Currier’s House Master since 2008, has studied man’s hairier cousin—the chimpanzee—since his days as an undergraduate at Oxford University. His book, “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human,” published last May, suggests that modern man owes his unique evolutionary trajectory to his ability to cook his food. FM caught him in a rare free moment to find out more about his time in Africa, his book, and the time he sampled raw monkey...
...been difficult to balance House life and your duties as Currier’s House Master with promoting your book...
Opinions regarding DeWolfe vary across the Kirkland community. Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley said that students’ satisfaction scores on the House life surveys have suggested that residents prefer to live in Kirkland proper as opposed to DeWolfe, but Kirkland House Committee Co-Chair Kelly N. Bodwin ’11 said that some are sad to lose rooms known for their spacious interiors and in-room kitchens...
...president of the University of California, has said that departure of faculty members is his biggest fear in the UC system’s current crisis. Yet the proposed tuition hike threatens to exclude huge numbers of students from the world-class education promised to them by the California Master Plan, drawn up 50 years ago to ensure affordable access to education. If classes are cancelled now as a result of protests, it is with the understanding that the failure of these campaigns could mean the total loss of a college education for many more students. Given the number...
...Master’s Open Houses are incredible. House Master and resident physicist Howard Georgi '68 has worked his magic to create a mystical concoction of sugar and dough dubbed “monkeybread” that is sure to send you into a divine ecstasy. The palatial Master’s residence is also a good place to hobnob with other Leverites as you subtly but furiously jockey for a position in front of the monkeybread platter...