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...Crimson found itself somewhat involved this year in the usual collegiate argle-bargle: urging longer hours for female guests (in accord with the ideal of “gracious living”), advocating an additional mid-year vacation and drinking for 18-year olds, battling the Harvard Athletic Association for alcohol in the stands, tickets, and general principles. Yet in the midst of the frivolity The Crime somehow found time for serious consideration of a few major issues...
...Scare fizzled out at Harvard.‘TREMOR OF APPREHENSION’Back on campus, students were underneath McCarthy’s radar, and the trials of Kamin and Furry didn’t impact their daily lives.“We were isolated and somewhat naive about the damage that such accusations could cause to not only the poor unfortunates that were hauled up there, but also their colleagues,” says Ells, who is also a Crimson photo editor. “We had no experience with anything like a McCarthy hearing or investigation...
...explains. For the next three years, Valentine lived off-campus, first with her family in Boston and then with her older sister in Cambridge.Valentine says that an open writing course with playwright and English professor William Alfred solidified her love of poetry.“I was at somewhat of a crossroads in my life,” Valentine remembers. “His encouragement was very important to me.”Valentine says that Alfred, simply called ‘The Professor’ by generations of students, was “so sensitive to our sensitivity?...
...started to collect stamps again, which, I confess, is somewhat embarrassing. There's nothing cool, hip or urbane about it. James Bond never showed off his stamp collection. But I do confess I like it, having taken about a 33-year hiatus from when I was a 10-year-old in New Jersey and used to fill books with stamps of moon landings and soldiers and exotic birds. Having a young son now has heightened my interest and so has this week's once-in-a-decade stamp show in Washington...
...foster-care system to take a training program to prepare them for issues that range from coping with the horrors of sexual or physical abuse to the banalities of eating dinner as a family or observing curfews. But parents who have taken the courses say they are only somewhat useful. "Nothing prepares you for when the child comes into your home," says Shirley Williams, who adopted two teenagers last fall. Still, a look at how some teens and families have adjusted can offer insight into what it takes to make a new life for these youngsters...