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Maxine Hong Kingston was coming to Harvard. Posters were up everywhere heralding her arrival, and word of mouth carried her name across the campus. On the night of the event, drenching rain could not deter the hundreds of students and faculty members who crowded into Science Center B, dripping umbrellas in one hand and copies of Kingston's various books (e.g. The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey) in the other...
Poised between the Pacific and southeast Alaskan coastal glaciers lies Tongass National Forest. Don't let the Alaska address fool you: Tongass is a rain forest. Protected from snow by the tree canopy and from the frigid air by the warmer ocean winds, deer browse among ancient groves of Sitka spruce, yellow cedar and hemlock. The shelter of these giants is vital for wildlife, but the trees are also the prize sought by loggers--a single 200-ft. Sitka spruce may yield 10,000 board feet of timber so fine it can be used to make pianos and guitars. Lesser...
...gray, sprinkly day that seems Parisian, except it's not; it's just another dank fall day on New York City's upscale Upper West Side. Outside a cafe, lighting a cigarette in the light rain, sits a woman who when she sings sounds for all the world like Billie Holiday, but, of course, she's not. Her name is Madeleine Peyroux. She is a 22-year-old American ex-expatriate who had been living in Paris, singing in the streets for money, but recently returned to the U.S. to pursue a more mainstream singing career. Her debut album, Dreamland...
This is good news for No. 16 Harvard (5-3, 2-0), because the Crimson seems like the best bet to dethrone the defending Ivy League champions. Of course, "best bet" doesn't mean perfect; Harvard got thumped by Boston University last Wednesday, 7-1, amid a downpour of rain and goals...
...contrast to the rain and snow that often interrupt New England tournaments, the Crimson was treated to sunny days...