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...considers the vital importance of providing history concentrators themselves with this basic knowledge the case is even more compelling. History 10a serves students in a way that narrowly focused history courses cannot. Despite the inclinations of some in the academy, there is merit to teaching courses that have not sprung forth from doctoral dissertations or that will not result in senior theses. Not every course must deeply probe narrow topics; sometimes the information—the facts themselves—can carry the day. Broad survey courses ask questions that help students connect the dots of otherwise loosely connected material...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Et Tu, History Department? | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...with Harvard men that this geekiness was not out of the ordinary. Yet all was clarified when someone piped up, “Why don’t they do a version of the show where the women are the geeks?” Our enjoyment of the show sprung from the sight of a kindred spirit—a safe way to stay in touch with our inner geek...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: In Defense of Geekdom | 3/7/2006 | See Source »

...book, the TV writer attempted to counter the counter-seduction, according to Sylvester. “Lucien” initiated conversations with women by warning them about men versed in “The Game,” Sylvester wrote.And then “Lucien” sprung a trap, Sylver wrote. “Like watch, pretend I’m one of those dudes who read the book. Do you wanna kiss me?” he asked the women.Or so Sylvester wrote.Neither Voice Managing Editor Doug Simmons nor Sylvester returned repeated phone calls and e-mails requesting...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ex-’Poon Editor Caught in Scandal | 3/3/2006 | See Source »

...Frutkin, an Ottawa-based author of three poetry collections and six novels, writes like a fresco sprung to life. You can feel the warmth of the sirocco, the wind that carries fine sand from the Sahara; smell the musty parchment of Cambiati's secret library; and taste the bitter elixirs peddled by the traveling troupe in the town's piazza. The action is broken into short chapters, making the plot trot along at a jaunty clip. Through Cambiati's alchemy and Archenti's reason, Frutkin examines the science of magic and the magic of science. He also keeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Canada Arts: Pick of the Week | 2/23/2006 | See Source »

Super Bowl Sunday looms so large on the sports calendar, it's natural that legends have sprung up around it. Can you tell fact from fiction, true from false? (Answers are below--don't peek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Game, Tall Tales | 1/29/2006 | See Source »

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