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...National Academy of Sciences (NAS) published a report last year recommending a comprehensive mathematics curriculum for biology students...

Author: By Claire G. Friedman and Joshua D. Gottlieb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Bio Students Get By With Minimal Math Requirements | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

...band, which has combined rock and rap on past releases, hopes to pioneer a more sophisticated blend of the genres. Says Thompson: "[The Rolling Stones'] Exile on Main St. is my blueprint." The plan is to invite other musicians--John Mayer, Macy Gray and Nas are on the wish list--to drop by for jam sessions out of which, they trust, songs will emerge. The Roots' Philadelphia studio has even been tricked out with a whole bunch of amenities so the band can play host to longer, later jam sessions. "We definitely want a darker, murkier texture," says Thompson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Roots Reinvent The Rock-Rap Sound | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

Johnson says the rapper Nas is his favorite musical artist “because he speaks the truth—he doesn’t just make it sound cool...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Choir Travels From Harlem to Harvard | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

...Mile is fairly simple: not enough Eminem. He performs on only five of the album's 16 songs, and in one he is part of his hard-core junta/spin-off group D12. The rest of the album is filled out with solid tracks from the likes of Jay-Z, Nas and Rakim, but since their rhymes lack the confessional roar of Eminem's, the middle of the album sags. In fans' minds, these excess tracks will inevitably be forgotten and 8 Mile will be remembered as an Eminem album (just as Saturday Night Fever is recalled as an album...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 8 Mile High and Rising | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

...It’s not just a club to decide who is in and who is not, but there are a variety of ways that the NAS has some effect on public policy, so it should be fun,” Carey said...

Author: By Toussaint Losier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professors, Summers Elected | 5/2/2002 | See Source »

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