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...unsurprisingly, also figures high on the list of topics which students address in their desktop musings. A debate over the sexual prowess of various ethnic groups dominates one corner...

Author: By Malka A. Older and Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, S | Title: Lamont Graffiti Enlightens, Confuses | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

...Crimson has been especially dominant against the Quakers in recent years. Although the overall series is close, 22-14 for Harvard, the combination of last year's Crimson prowess and Quaker woefulness led to two blowout victories for the Cantabs...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: W. Hoopsters Pass Road Test | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

...precious halogens have come under threat from the administration for the good reason that they are embodied with pyrotechnical prowess. A fire last year in Canaday Hall is the administration's local example of a halogen-induced fire, but surely we have all heard of other instances, not the least of which was the widely covered story of New York jazz musician Lionel Hampton whose apartment went aflame after his halogen tipped over. In the broader picture, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that halogens caused 100 fires and 10 deaths last year in this country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Halogens Are Best Lighting Available | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

Snowden, meanwhile, had the 32nd double-double of his career--not that such offensive prowess slowed him down at the other end of the court...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Snowden Reigns; Crimson Coasts | 2/3/1997 | See Source »

...same show, memorize every word and sit in the darkened audience imagining I am on stage. However, when I came to college I figured I would have to take a four-year hiatus from this obsession. Harvard gets lauded for so many different reasons-- increasingly, even for its athletic prowess--but hardly ever for its theater. Until this past weekend I had always assumed that the theater jocks were all drawn to that football-challenged fall-back school down in New Haven...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: Enjoy Harvard Theater | 12/17/1996 | See Source »

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