Word: offbeaters
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...behalf of the Harvard Current, that we did not intend to unfairly target Ariz. Sen. John S. McCain in our coverage of his campaign (News, "McCain Ad on Porn Site, the Current Says," Feb. 25). The article is running in the section of the magazine that covers funny and offbeat news items. It is meant simply to shed light on some unintended consequences of the era of e-campaigns. In fact, many companies do not know the websites on which their banner ads appear. Yet, this is the first time such a thing has been reported to affect a presidential...
...world's oldest surviving reptiles, turtles are also ecologically invaluable critters. That's why Pritchard's work to save them from extinction--and soup--is as serious as it is offbeat. Like alligators and other large burrowing animals, turtles are "eco-system architects," says Pritchard. "A turtle's burrow has got an incredible variety of things living...
...second best part about working on our Visions for the 21st Century series is coming up with the kind of questions that will make you think about the future in fresh, offbeat ways. The best part is matching writer with question, especially given what this week's installment is about: how we will live and play 25 or 50 years from now. Says Priscilla Painton, who along with Richard Zoglin edited the current issue: "What's fascinating is to see all the ways in which the old rules are likely to be rewritten--in our politics, in our religions...
...both her research and teaching, she distinguishes herself as one of Harvard's most offbeat and original thinkers...
...course offerings are a mixture of the traditional and the offbeat: a study of the Bronte sisters, a survey of writings on beauty, but also a class examining the problem of subject consent spanning the centuries and a class on literature at the ends of centuries...