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...raised over $13,500 selling lemonade and cookies to build a new playground for a local park. A year later, she mobilized classmates to record and distribute 150 books-on-tape to help disadvantaged children in her community learn to read. And earlier this year, she e-mailed over 100,000 elementary school teachers across the nation, asking their classes to participate in a card-making campaign for nursing home residents. This last effort resulted in her family’s e-mail service being temporarily shut down because she was suspected of running a spam operation...

Author: By Xi Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Record Breaker Gets on All Fours for Charity | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...women do hope to earn a national berth, the familiar setting of the race can only help. Boston University is hosting the meet at Franklin Park, the Crimson’s home course and a frequent site for practices...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Runners Look To Get to Nationals | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...last time Harvard competed at Franklin Park in the Harvard-Yale race on Oct. 2, both the men’s and women’s teams emerged victorious. Chenoweth and Richardson led the way with their individual wins, and the women had their largest margin of victory since 2001. The meet also featured something cross country runners don’t always enjoy—fans...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Runners Look To Get to Nationals | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...Weekly-worthy celebs is through their guilty pleasure reading, but Lindsey E. Gary ’06, feels right at home in Hollywood. A successful art director, Gary’s designs serve as the backdrop for blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean II & III, Tropic Thunder, and Jurassic Park III. She found time between partying with Robert Downey Jr. and preparing for her next project, The Social Network, to revisit her Harvard days at Currier House and share her wisdom on the film industry...

Author: By Nicole Savdie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Lindsay E. Gary | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...You’ve created sets for huge blockbusters like Pirates of the Caribbean II & III, Jurassic Park III, Tropic Thunder, Surrogates, and the upcoming Green Lantern. Which was your favorite experience and why?  LEG: Well Pirates is special because it was my first real big one, but Tropic Thunder was really special. We got to live in Kuai for three months and I felt really involved with that process and I made some great friends. So looking back it always brings a smile to my face to think about that experience...

Author: By Nicole Savdie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Lindsay E. Gary | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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