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Little known to most students, the IKEA furniture that adorns their rooms caters not only to the tenets of affordability and ease-of-use, but also to the Scandanavian design principles of sustainability and elegance. Glass artist and Danish Design School Professor Charles Meaker discussed the merits of Swedish construction and opportunities for architectural study abroad with a handful of students at the Office of International Programs yesterday. When Meaker asked for their thoughts on IKEA, the students—who were also snacking on Danish pastries provided by the OIP—listed the simple design and quality...
...worked to increase the number of black students at the school, Cox said. This effort was reflected in his personal life too. Gomes said that the Lutheran minister “did everything in his power” to help encourage his wife’s scholarship in Scandanavian and comparative literature and culture. “They were an intellectual power couple before that was a popular phrase,” Gomes said.Stendahl took the helm of the Divinity School in 1968, the same year that Gomes graduated, and thus presided over his Commencement ceremony. But in an unlikely...
...literate American who never reads anything but comics and the McDonald’s menu? Residents of many so-called “developing” nations such as Nigeria consistently score higher on polls of happiness, contentedness, and optimism than citizens of the U.S., Canada, and even the Scandanavian socialist wonderlands...
...campus Arabs hope to gain more from John S. Haddock ’07, the endorsed candidate of the Society of Arab Students, than the others? Why is John F. Voith ’07 the choice of the campus’ Caribbean students? I can understand why the Scandanavian Folk and Culture Society might endorse Norwegian Magnus Grimeland ’07, but they’re practically the only student group to stay mum.Best yet was when the candidates suddenly became starkly conservative—just in time to respond to a questionnaire sent around by the Harvard...
...soft-spoken man with a charming Scandanavian accent, Ekstrom delivers lectures that may be more conducive to meditation than note-taking, but the fascinating subject matter and approach should be enough to inspire...