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...truth, literature is perfectly positioned for a comeback. In a society comprised of compulsive writers and readers, of empty-calorie text, the study of artful language—of words that truly matter??is more necessary now than ever. If you cannot dance atop the tsunami of signifiers heading your way, it will crush you. Learn to breathe language, or else choke on it. If you cannot control it, it will control you. Your words will die on your lips; your thoughts will turn to dust. Taming unruly syllables—bending signification to suit your needs, understanding...

Author: By Matthews B. Kaiser | Title: Reading Like Your Life Depends On It | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Weitz studies soft matter??materials that are easy to squeeze into a form, such as skin and foams. He found that all examples of soft matter have “generic physical properties and reasons for why they’re soft,” he said...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: National Academy of Sciences Elects Nine Harvard Faculty Members | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

...time I was born," she notes. In a social scene divided by gender, however, she went from companion to guest. "I’d get invited over for Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights," Daum found, but her male hosts would never accept her—or any "her," for that matter??as a true equal deserving of membership. "The most insulting part about it is that they’re saying ‘I don’t want you in my club,’" she told me. "It makes me feel like a second-class citizen...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long Overdue | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

Physics professor David A. Weitz—one of the creators of the new General Education course on cooking to be offered next fall, “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter??—described the blend of making meringue and studying soft-matter physics...

Author: By Katherine M. Savarese, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SEAS Profs Heat Up Science Courses | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

...most recent piece, “a.k.a.” The work consists of pairs of framed photographs of the artist at various stages of her life. Like the photographs of the sea, each image is incredibly different despite being joined by the common denominator of subject matter??in this case, a frontal headshot of Horn...

Author: By Kristie T. La, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Horn Explores Perspective in ICA Exhibit | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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