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According to Professor of Sociology Peter V. Marsden, who serves as chair of the Health Plans Subcommittee of the University Benefits Committee, UHS does not deserve such criticism because the change will not affect services...
During the college’s early years, the Wedge family tries to hide the play from book-burning Cotton Mather types. Centuries later, the Wedges attempt to unearth the missing play, hoping to sell it and build a residential Wedge House. Antique bookseller Peter Fallon, the main character from Martin’s 1980 novel Back Bay, ties the narrative together as he helps the modern day Wedges on their search...
Martin put in months of research for the novel, both in the library and auditing Reverend Peter J. Gomes’ “History of Harvard” course. His work pays off in the historical details that make Yard so captivating, like early students trudging across the yard in the snow to use outhouses, and President Eliot giving the crew team crimson neck ties—giving Harvard teams a name...
Martin began to write Back Bay, chronicling the fictional Peter Fallon’s quest to find a missing Paul Revere tea set stolen from the White House. Martin set up his now routine past-and-present structure, bringing the reader from 18th-century Boston to modern day chapter by chapter, chronicling six generations on their hunt for the missing silver. The book ends with an appropriately cinematic touch—Fallon blowing a hole into the side of a T subway tunnel to reveal a cache of hidden silver. “I thought, as I still...
Each has his own upside. Noah Welch, an All-American last season, leads the corps in scoring (11 points). Sophomore Peter Hafner, Welch’s longtime partner, has the group’s best plus/minus rating (plus-10). Smith had his best game of the season in the 7-5 comeback win at Yale two weeks ago and has three points in his last three games. Junior Ryan Lannon plays virtually mistake-free, stay-at-home hockey. Walsh assisted on a key goal at Yale and pinches at the right times. Freshman Dylan Reese is forever confident with...