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...serious? We went from shrapnel to Gethsemane?” As the competition reached its later stages, the field was trimmed dramatically due to the appearance of words that not even Microsoft Word’s spellcheck could comprehend, such as fomites, skookum, and sialogogue. By this point, the number of contestants was reduced to four: Mass. Hall’s Athena L. Lao, Greenough’s Steven N. Maheshwary, Richard C. Alt of Matthews, and Pennypacker’s Ryan D. Smith. All four contestants spelled their words incorrectly in the initial segment of the final round...
Though Harvard boasts any number of poets, novelists, and actors among its alumni, it curiously (or perhaps not so curiously) lacks on the list of illustrious elite in one group of artists: rappers. The hustling thug-life portrayed by popular rappers may seem incongruous with Harvard’s academic atmosphere, but for the participants of OUTWIT 2009, the combination of Harvard and hip-hop could allow audiences to overcome any preconceived notions of the two. OUTWIT, a freestyle rap competition that also features spoken word, beatbox, and song, is an annual event held by Tuesday Magazine—taking...
...just a day before the prefrosh were slated to arrive, undergrads were bombarded by emails yesterday begging them to help host the overwhelming number of prefrosh visiting campus. With pleading subjects such as "Please Help! We Need More Prefrosh Hosts!" and the rather more concise "SOS," admissions officers and proctors implored students to open their rooms to rising freshmen...
...between January 10 and January 22, I have charged a small committee of staff and students, led by Dean Inge-Lise Ameer, to develop an application, guiding principles, and a transparent vetting process. I have asked the committee to keep in mind that there is a limit to the number of students the College can house during January due to reduced residential staff and because we will open only one dining hall during this period. Consequently, the threshold for approval to return to campus in January 2010 will be high...
Pearson said Mikucki would camp out by the falls for weeks at a time for a number of years, waiting for the sporadic melting events during the summer when it would be just warm enough for the glacier to melt and for brine to flow...