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...disability is something to be cured; it’s something to be frightened of,” he says. Similarly, the disabled are relegated to a mental world and rarely given the opportunity to express themselves corporeally. “People learn to work with you from the neck up,” he explains. But the dance project complicates personal attitudes towards disability in vital ways; instead of praising the efforts of GIMP’s cast in hackneyed ways, calling them inspirational or courageous, the audience is meant to recognize that different movements deserve celebration for their...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Gimp' Explores Disability | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...Everybody played very solid tennis,” head coach David Fish ’72 said. “We were in a league where seven teams were neck and neck, and Dartmouth was just a little down from that [level] … but we’re still glad to get through with...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Finishes Year on High Note | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...William Jungers, one of the primary hobbit researchers, says the similarities to erectus seem to end at the neck. Analysis of various anatomical features suggests that the new species has an overall body plan that looks more ancient than that. "It's not identical to Australopithecus," Jungers says, "but it resembles it in limb proportions, the shape of the bony pelvis, the hands." Adds paleoanthropologist Donald Johansen, who discovered the Australopithecus Lucy: "It is a possibility they got out of Africa earlier than we ever thought. If they were isolated on an island and didn't have gene flow from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hobbit: Out of Africa | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...make a good effort at the end to try to come back.”BROWN 11, HARVARD 5In a slugfest that featured a combined 20 hits and 14 walks, a pitching breakdown in the sixth gave Brown an easy victory in what had been a neck-and-neck contest.After junior Margaux Black recorded two quick outs, Bears pinch hitter Danielle Commissiong drove a double to deep center field, the first of seven straight Brown players to reach base safely. Black would give up three straight singles, one that drove home Commissiong, before yielding to co-captain and starting shortstop...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pitching Troubles Lead to Saturday Split | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...highly competitive first varsity race set the tone for the following contests. Navy and Harvard’s varsity eights raced down the course neck and neck until the 1000-meter mark, where the Crimson was able to gain a slight lead. The Midshipmen inched back in the following 1000 meters, but was unable to adequately respond to Harvard’s competitive edge and slight lead...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Picks Up Wins At Home, On Road | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

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