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...offer a good dose of college-focused health suggestions—such as dorm exercises specific to our cozy quarters—there is nothing earth shattering about Oz’s advice. Take, for example, Oz’s approach to combatting those heavy eyelids that hit during mid-afternoon: “If you find yourself falling asleep in class, ask to go to the bathroom and then do a few jumping jacks and stretches in the hallway to get the blood flowing throughout your body.” And if, after reading the chapter...

Author: By Lee ann W. Custer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: College Weight Gain Is Avoidable | 11/6/2006 | See Source »

...positive,” Reese said. “But overall, we really panicked at the end of second period.”In Harvard’s last three losses, a lack of focus in the second period has been especially harmful, as goals let in during mid-game moments of weakness have contributed to defeats against Dartmouth, Clarkson and now St. Lawrence. Despite the third-period surge in which Crimson outshot the Saints 13-4, the deficit proved too much for Harvard.“I think in the third period, particularly, we were able to keep them...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Comes Close, But Falls Short | 11/6/2006 | See Source »

...mid-'60s JAMES BOND The studio is revitalized with the launch of popular film franchises, including James Bond and the Pink Panther Low................?.High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 13, 2006 | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...mid-1980s, says Mootha, the mitochondrial genome--with only about 16,000 genetic "letters," compared with 3 billion in the nuclear genome--had been sequenced. That let researchers link specific, rare disorders to specific mitochondrial mutations, always passed from mother to child. But by the time the Human Genome Project was completed in 2000, it was clear that mutations in the nucleus could cause problems in the mitochondria as well. "We now estimate," says Mootha, "that while mitochondrial DNA encodes just 13 proteins, another 1,500 or so proteins used by mitochondria are encoded by the nucleus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: When Cells Stop Working | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

Brittany Martin has been in this position before.Last year, Martin was the only goalie to dress for the Harvard women’s hockey team during a crucial mid-season conference series. Martin, a freshman with all of two career starts to her name, responded with the best performance of her career, holding Brown and Yale to a single goal over the course of 130 minutes, as the Crimson tied the Bears and the Bulldogs. Now, Martin and Harvard are in similar straits. Martin is charged with minding net for the sixth-ranked Crimson with only junior walk-on Kristin...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOCKEY PREVIEW 2006-07: Minding the Net | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

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