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...minutes? One would think not. Luckily for Harvard theatergoers, the writers of the original musical “The Life and Deaths of Mr. Plumb”—Michael C. Mitnick ’06, Robert M. Pennoyer ’05, and Kiernan P. Schmitt ’06—thought differently. Their show inarguably takes a substantial risk in concerning itself with the gritty happenings of an end-of-life care facility, including, by its end, two deaths. Yet even in such a setting the writers, cast, and crew manage to treat these events with...
...prominent scientists and politicians, however, it is the next frontier, a new world to be tamed and colonized. Gathering in Washington last week for a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz space linkup were such luminaries as Astronomer Carl Sagan, former Moonwalker and U.S. Senator Harrison Schmitt, Astronaut Sally Ride, Hawaii Senator Spark Matsunaga and NASA Chief James Beggs. They proposed an agenda for the future as well: a joint U.S.-Soviet manned mission to Mars, which could be launched as early as 2010. In the highlight of the meeting, sponsored by the Planetary Society...
Even without the rationale of superpower cooperation or scientific benefit, the delegates agreed, human beings will eventually land on Mars, driven by nothing less than good old-fashioned nosiness. "We will never be satisfied with data streams and pictures from some distant planet," said Schmitt. "We want to be there." Concluded James Beggs: "Humans to Mars? Why not?" --By Natalie Angier. Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington
Kiernan P. Schmitt ’06 knows his humor. The English concentrator co-wrote last year’s Hasty Pudding show “As the Word Turns” (alternate title: “Vowel Movement”) and also penned the sticky and hilarious Currier House Musical, “Peanut Butter and Juliet.” Risking an offense to Conan O’Brian ’85, Schmitt took last semester off to intern for David Letterman. FM gave Schmitt a ring to hear the juicy details of J. Lo?...
Later, when Schmitt himself tells me about his Pudding work, he credits Light. “It’s hard to say whether I would have gone through with it without Dr. Light’s advice about extra-curriculars, exposing yourself to opportunities outside the classroom...