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...student publication is battling media accusations that it strategically planned to stalk Watson during the night game last week. Here's a title that cuts to the chase: “Harvard Jerks Stalked Emma.” The New York Post article, which was published yesterday, accuses the Voice of trying to "draw as much attention to [Watson] as possible" with its live blog updates and its blurry photograph of her leaving the Harvard stadium. Watson was supposedly "quite shaken," as security guards tried to protect her from a crowd of stalkers, the Post reported in a brief...
...Harvard Voice is battling media accusations this week that it launched a targeted campaign to stalk “Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson at the Harvard-Brown football game last Friday—and the student publication is returning fire...
...however, Borlaug found a wheat strain with a unique genetic trait: the stalk became stubby, but the seed heads would stay large. When Borlaug transferred the gene into tropical wheat, he created a plant that could yield huge heads of grain while maintaining stable growth rates. Using Borlaug's seeds, farmers could produce four times as much wheat per acre. The discovery ignited the Green Revolution that helped eradicate famine in much of the world and earned Borlaug the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. His work saved hundreds of millions of lives, and today half the world eats grains descended from...
...first day of class in Iran comes with its own traditions, designed to help students ease into the academic year. First-graders have it the best. The children are designated as shokoofeh (literally, blossoms), and the teachers give each child a stalk of a fragrant flower. The principal raises a microphone and calls all of the kids into rows, regimented by grades. Then, at exactly the same time across the country, an official strikes a metal plate with a small hammer, the aural signal for the year to begin. The kids pass under a Koran and into their new classrooms...
...year from now, as you Facebook-stalk acquaintances from high school to see how they’ve fared away from Mommy and Daddy, your first response is likely going to be “Ew.” Why? Unfortunately for you, and for many an incoming college student before you, the dreaded Freshmen 15 is no fiction. So, take a long look in the mirror, because there’s a pretty good chance your figure won’t be looking this slim—or jacked, depending on your gender—come May. (Actually, come...