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...either, but it’s short.”“Then again, Margaret Wise Brown wrote ‘Goodnight Moon’ in a morning,” she adds.Back in her “Childhood” class, Tatar introduces a guest lecturer: Newbery Medal recipient Lois Lowry. Author of modern children’s classics such as “The Giver” and “Number the Stars,” Lowry explains the combination of inspiration and craftsmanship required in writing. “My characters come to me fully...
...slalom victory that still amazes me today. In her first run, she missed a gate and had to backtrack to go through. She finished that run in fourth place. Yet her second run was so spectacular that her total time was good enough for a second gold medal, making her the first female skier to win two golds at the same Olympics. And she remains the only American female skier to have done so. Eight years later, at the Squaw Valley Olympics, she became the first woman in Olympic history to escort the final torchbearer at the opening ceremonies...
...during the academic year, with 39 percent of its student population going overseas. Brown comes in second with a 35 percent study-abroad rate, and UPenn gets third place with 30 percent. If prizes were awarded, Harvard would barely get a participation sticker, let alone a place on the medal podium...
...From Slavery to Freedom, John Hope Franklin, 94, bridged the gap between black history and American history, documenting how blacks and whites coexisted and how widely their experiences differed. Educated at the historically black Fisk University, Franklin earned two postgraduate degrees from Harvard and in 1995 received a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his contribution to African-American history...
...around Texas and from across the nation, including powerhouses Rice University, Jackson State, Michigan and Texas Tech. Despite the unfamiliar competition, both the men’s and women’s teams continued to perform well.On the women’s side, sophomore Jamie Olson received a silver medal in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14.67, just half a second behind first place finisher Keltie John from Rice and only one second ahead of Crimson freshman Meghan Looney, who placed fourth.Other highlights included seniors Geneva Trotter and Dara Wilson’s fourth- and fifth...