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...search for Harvard’s 28th president heats up, current University of Pennsylvania chief Amy Gutmann ’71 made an under-the-radar appearance in Cambridge this weekend, but she said she was not in town for talks that would bring her back to lead her alma mater. Gutmann, who was among the finalists to succeed Neil L. Rudenstine in the 2001 presidential search, told The Crimson early yesterday morning as she left her hotel that she was in town “fundraising for the University of Pennsylvania.” The former Princeton provost...
From old Cape Cod and Pennsylvania Dutch country to backwoods Montana, the Southwest and Los Angeles, indie radio remains a vibrant, often quirky medium still committed to a strong relationship with its listeners as it walks the tightrope between aesthetics and profits. Whether the format is music, talk, news or a potpourri, the indies' watchwords are local, live and relevant as they cater to their communities of interest and harness new technologies. The indies are counterattacking to take advantage of the status woe bedeviling mainstream radio in the U.S. The time consumers have spent listening to it has declined...
Then, in 2004, a team led by Hansell Stedman of the University of Pennsylvania identified a tiny mutation in a gene on chromosome 7 that affects the production of myosin, the protein that enables muscle tissue to contract. The mutant gene prevents the expression of a myosin variant, known as MYH16, in the jaw muscles used in biting and chewing. Since the same mutation occurs in all of the modern human populations the researchers tested--but not in seven species of nonhuman primates, including chimps--the researchers suggest that lack of MYH16 made it possible for our ancestors to evolve...
...Harvard also have a unique opportunity to influence some of the most critical national races by aiding swing-race campaigns in nearby states. In Pennsylvania, for instance, incumbent Republican Senator Rick Santorum is battling a stiff challenge from the state’s Democratic Auditor General Bob Casey in a race that has tightened considerably in the past months. If the rest of the Senate races are returned to the incumbent or incumbent’s party, a victory for the Democrats in Pennsylvania would even the Senate at 50 seats apiece. Because of the closeness and importance of this...
...Beyond Pennsylvania, other Northeastern states are involved in intense battles. In New Jersey, the U.S. Senate contest between Democratic Senator Robert Menendez and Republican Thom H. Kean Jr. is being watched intensely, as is Rhode Island Republican Lincoln D. Chafee’s effort to keep his Senate seat in a race against Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse after narrowly winning his party’s primary. And who could forget the nationally spotlighted Senate race in Connecticut, which pits Democrat Edward “Ned” Lamont Jr. ’76 against former vice presidential candidate and incumbent Joseph...