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Look closely at the old man in ratty tweed, the one who's gazing intently at the pigeons as they peck at crusts on the sidewalk. Is he a brilliant professor emeritus on the verge of a breakthrough in animal biology? A vagrant hoping for a free snack? Or both...
Unfortunately, as service-oriented publications are snatched up, some of the most incisive new voices in journalism may be lost. Abe Peck, chairman of the magazine group at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, complains that while "there are plenty of magazines that tell you what to wear, where to eat and how to shop," publications that offer a more provocative editorial edge may be an endangered resource. Many analysts feel this editorial quality is more important than most advertisers realize, because it delivers more attentive readers. Some of yesterday's faddiest publications, like Rolling Stone, built on precisely...
...probably no coincidence that many of these profiles tackle similar issues, if not similar experiences. Several of the seniors in this section--Anthony Romano, Carmen Curiel and Craig M. Peck--participated actively in campus public service activities. Other seniors profiles here made politics a central focus of their Harvard years, notably Adam R. Cohen, Cara W. Robertson and Jonathan D. Springer. Athletes Peck and Richard C. Knight are represented, as are academic overachievers (if such a term has meaning at Harvard) Cohen, Robertson and Heather B. Gunn...
...women's swimming team, looking ahead to defending its Eastern title, got upset by Princeton at Blodgett in February. The Crimson also would drop Easterns to Penn State. Freshman ERIKA ELMUTS shows off her backhand during the Crimson's eighth consecutive Ivy-title winning season. Harvard linebacker CRAIG PECK shows this Brown wide receiver how to tackle "between the numbers" on this pass in the football team's 27-14 win over the Bruins. The victory was career win number-100 for Harvard Coach Joe Restic. Sophomore TODD FORMAN and the baseball team finished in the middle of the EIBL...
Cover: Illustration by Everett Peck...