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...gold? ’Cause I’m an alchemist. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: I’m an alchemist. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: I’m really an alchemist. Favorite childhood toy: Gold spray paint. Best part about Harvard: That heater/vent thing just inside the gate by the Science Center. Worst part about Harvard: Lack of an alchemy concentration. How you got your name: I was named after the doctor who delivered me. Describe yourself in three words: Weak, thirsty, onomatopoeic. In 15 minutes...
...That’s a mental mistake,” Hallion said. “A Division I team shouldn’t shoot 30 percent from the line.”The Terriers, despite their smaller size, also successfully defended against Harvard inside the paint. The Crimson opened the game with six quick baskets in the low post, but BU implemented an aggressive halfcourt man-to-man defense that stymied Crimson guard play and forced Harvard beyond the perimeter.“Our game plan was to go inside,” co-captain Christiana Lackner said...
...when it comes to deciding what seasonal slogan to paint in the store window, this city’s merchants most often make a flawed decision. Why would you try to please everybody, when the holiday shoppers you’re trying to woo are mostly Christians anyway, and so are unlikely to be offended by a greeting that references their lord and savior? Forget the political correctness that drives conservative chatterboxes like Bill O’Reilly up the wall; the decision here is strictly business. And forget about attracting non-Christian shoppers—either they?...
...white paint coating the walls of “The FEAR of smell—the smell of FEAR” exhibit at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center appears upon first glance to be in typical art gallery style. The neutral paint, however, belies the fact that this art stinks—literally. Upon rubbing or scratching the walls, visitors are enveloped in the scent of sweat that has been chemically reproduced and infused into paint by Berlin-based Norwegian artist Sissel Tolaas. The work is the first part of a two-part installation called...
...Ellis Island, the famed New York entry point for generations of immigrants, was magnificently renovated. But the hospital compound on the south side, where many arrivals were held in quarantine, was left to decay. For five years, Wilkes roamed the disintegrating buildings, with their cracked plaster and peeling paint, to make pictures of their gorgeous decrepitude. (Congress has since allocated money to preserve them.) Decline has never looked more haunting...