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...standing space of 67 square inches, often resulting in broken bones and mangled feet. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) currently buys its eggs from battery cage farms. According to Steve Rivers, a cook in Annenberg Hall, the freshman dining hall uses about eight gallons of eggs per day. Crista R. Martin, a spokeswoman for HUDS, said yesterday that she did not yet have enough information to comment on the cage-free eggs issue. Last spring, Dartmouth College became the first Ivy League institution to switch to cage-free eggs. Princeton University also began serving cage-free eggs in its dining...
...Hilary R. Cloos ’96 trots along rural New York and Connecticut county roads, looking for her Cinderella. For the past 10 years, Cloos has spent her days trimming, fitting, and polishing—working hours on end to craft the perfect slipper. When she’s done, the armored hoof is ready for showtime.Cloos, a former Harvard physics concentrator and equestrian team captain, is known in eastern New York as a farrier. Laymen often call her a blacksmith, but while blacksmiths forge iron into many shapes and forms, farriers devote their lives to fitting shoes...
...Thursday, Nov. 16, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) created his presidential exploratory committee and began what will likely be his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. During speeches that day to the Federalist Society and GOPAC, McCain hypothesized that the Republican Party lost the midterm elections because it had “abandoned its principles.” But as McCain explores his presidential bid, Republicans need to be wary of this rhetoric from the senator known for his bipartisanship. The Republican Party may have abandoned its principles, but John McCain is a symptom of this disease...
...solution might be an automated syrup dispenser, which for now sits in the Starbucks R&D lab but could speed up, among other things, the production of blender-made Frappuccinos. That goal was given fresh urgency in July when same-store sales for the month rose 4%, the slowest pace in nearly five years. The reason, said management: hot weather increased demand for cold drinks, and stores couldn't keep up. Customers saw long lines and kept on walking. It was a rare financial miss, and Starbucks' stock dropped 9% on the news (it's still up more than...
...order to create beats as they sat around a table. The movement of the cups around the table gave the viewer something to focus on in comparison to the other pieces where all the attention was focused on the percussion instruments.Sonali Palchaudhuri ’07 and Danielle R. Lehle ’07, co-music directors of the group, did a great job with the arrangements of the songs performed. Palchaudhuri’s personal compositions were also notable.Isaac S. Shivvers ’10 performance throughout the show also stood out as one of the top drummers, particularly...