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...fever goes down, the symptoms return. In 2007, a paper in the journal Pediatrics reported on that phenomenon and confirmed that, yes, the parents' observations are right. What no one had done before, at least not formally, was tie it to the locus coeruleus - that is, until Drs. Dominick Purpura and Mark Mehler of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine published the idea this week...
...Harvard life has not always been idyllic. In her junior year, Alford was brutally hazed by an off-campus Greek organization. True to form, she refused to stay silent and eventually wrote an op-ed in The Crimson about her experience. Despite being diagnosed last year with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disorder involving low platelet counts, Alford refused to take time off from school. Instead, she added weekly chemotherapy infusions to her schedule of thesis writing, job hunting, and extracurricular commitments. She is now in remission. Alford’s cherishes her ability to spur change and influence...
...Comic specialty shops have felt the up-tick too. Nick Purpura, a manager at Jim Hanley's Universe, a comic store in New York City, also reports an annual increase in graphic novel sales, most particularly in manga. Could graphic novels eventually make the traditional comic book disappear? Frank Miller, author of "The Dark Knight Returns," recently shocked a comics industry crowd at the annual Eisner awards by pronouncing the format to be a goner, declaring, "Our future is not in pamphlets." Nick Purpura disputes this, saying, "the serialized versions pay for the trades. That way publishers get to sell...
Ravi Kumar, the Crimson freshman sensation, buzzed to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Tom Robertson, while Chris Capossela, playing in his first varsity match for the netmen, dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to Mike Purpura...
Kumar and Soni breezed to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Mark Gagnor and Purpura...