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...those undergraduates involved in WHRB, one of the most important aspects of their college experiences has been the friendships formed from working in the radio station. When Megan E. Popkin ’11, one of the music directors for Record Hospital, reflects upon her experience at WHRB, she concludes that “everyone is doing this because they love it. They love the community and they love the people here... I think I’ve learned the most here than I’ve learned anywhere at Harvard... It’s hard to imagine Harvard without...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: WHRB's 70th Celebrates Musical Community | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

...beginning to lose your sight. You know that what you see now will be the last of what you will ever see. How do you feel? What do you do?” Student filmmaker Isidore M.T. Bethel ’11 asked Megan E. Popkin ’11 these kinds of questions in order to prepare her for her role in his most recent film, “Fell in Love with a Dead Boy.” The film, which will be screened this Saturday in the Carpenter Center, focuses on the experience of a young woman...

Author: By Melanie E. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Fell in Love’ Explores Obsession, Blindness | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...Barry Popkin, a nutrition epidemiologist and economist who directs the interdisciplinary obesity program at the University of North Carolina, would use a term other than Sinha's "modest." "You're talking about a lot of deaths that would be prevented by cutting your processed meat or cutting your red meat," he says. He suggests framing the issue in real terms. A McDonald's Big Mac contains 7.5 oz. of red meat, Popkin points out. So if your diet consists of a Big Mac every other day - roughly equivalent to the highest quintile of meat consumption in the study; in other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Growing Case Against Red Meat | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...impact would be dramatic for the planet as well, Popkin writes in an editorial that accompanies the study. Popkin, whose recently published book The World Is Fat examines the global trends driving the obesity epidemic, joins a growing cohort of researchers, environmentalists and foodies clamoring for an overhaul of the American diet. Currently, the average American consumes more than 200 lb. of meat a year, a habit that comes at considerable environmental cost, Popkin says. He cites a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization finding that livestock account for 18% of global greenhouse-gas emissions - more than transportation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Growing Case Against Red Meat | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...What's more, the developing world seems to be falling in step, Popkin says. In India, meat and dairy intake more than doubled between 2000 and 2005. In 2006, the average diet of 67% of the Chinese population comprised at least 10% meat and dairy products, up from about 39% of the population in 1989. "We truly did this to the globe - changed the way the world eats," says Popkin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Growing Case Against Red Meat | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

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