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...discovering a first edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise,” one of my all time favorites, in the stacks level 2E was a moment of sublime excitement. And whenever I walk through the stacks and pick up the well-worn books or sit in the reading rooms and work, I cannot help but think of the brilliant minds and powerful people who have walked by those shelves, sat in those chairs, and held in their hands those books before...

Author: By Anna E Sakellariadis | Title: Herr Widener | 5/26/2010 | See Source »

...unanimous first-team All-Ivy pick Cao lost her first set, 6-4, to No. 12 Gullickson on the No. 1 court, although she was leading, 5-2, in the second when play stopped...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Tennis Falls to Georgia in NCAA Opener | 5/15/2010 | See Source »

...Maier said. “At the end of reading period I send it out. I put something online and I say pick a 48-hour interval...and turn it in 48 hours after you open...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Faculty Awarded Teaching Prizes | 5/12/2010 | See Source »

Your best pick-up line: Hello, I’m a thief, and I’m here to steal your heart...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Benjamin K. Moss | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

...thing I told them is to be excited about the topic and think about it in a larger context. The brain takes new information it learns and tries to see how to file it away—it’s a connective thing. Hopefully your brain will pick up on it and you can dream about whatever you need to take the test on tomorrow...

Author: By Jyotika Banga, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hey Professor Robert A. Stickgold! | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

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