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...activity aimed at getting teenagers into their doors. But at Calvary Baptist Church in Bellflower, Calif., a scavenger hunt is also a metaphor for the lifelong pursuit of meaning and happiness that begins in adolescence--and rich grist for a sermon targeted to teens. "A scavenger hunt is a search," youth leader Doug Jones, 20, tells the 80 teens who have just returned from a race through this working-class city 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Quoting from Romans 10: 13 ("Anyone who calls on the Lord will be saved") and Matthew 7: 7 ("Ask, and God will give...
...continued efforts to break through socioeconomic barriers in search of the world’s best students, Harvard is currently working to increase recruitment of students from government-run schools in the United Kingdom, according to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 said that there is a discrepancy between the number of students applying in the United Kingdom from private institutions versus public schools, called state schools, and that the majority of applicants from the United Kingdom were from private schools. With the number of applications from...
...favorite amino acid? No more sifting through pages of results or toggling back and forth among 10 different windows. Harvard affiliates can now access information on more than 20 million chemical compounds, 11 million reactions, and 500 million chemical facts with the click of a mouse, thanks to a search platform the University recently purchased from Elsevier MDL, a leading publisher of scientific information. The software, DiscoveryGate, also allows users to categorize their results and link them to primary sources. Users can look up structures of various compounds, toxicity, metabolic pathways, and suppliers for the chemicals themselves...
...alumwire.com, a “professional network with the mission to effectively consolidate important career resources,” according to the Web site. The site, which is available to invitees and anyone with a college e-mail address, offers career advice forums, posts of interviews, and job search features. Like Facebook.com, MySpace.com, and other social networking sites, it also allows users to connect with online friends, although Alumwire allows networking with business leaders, said Allan. “We wanted this to become a one-stop shop for career advice and resources,” said Allan...
...Last week, U.S. forces twice entered Sadr City, where they rarely venture, as the search for a kidnapped U.S. soldier continued. These raids were criticized by the Iraqi government, in which Sadr remains a key player. But as of Sunday, U.S. forces were maintaining roadblocks around much of the area, where U.S. officials at one point thought the soldier may be held in a mosque...