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Dining Hall: Currier's dining hall features two standouts: a giant fountain centerpiece and a warm, friendly staff. You will often find yourself striking up a conversation with Patricia at the checker's desk or catching up with Amy M. Lester, dining hall manager. Dining hall hours go mercifully late...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir | Title: The Housing Crisis: Currier House | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

“Sensitivity isn’t being wimpy,” Jeff Buckley once declared. “It’s about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom.” While Kathy Nilsson refrains from such...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nilsson's 'Abattoir' Proves Dull | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

The report's warnings are so striking in part because it assumes a much higher sea-level rise than previous studies. The 1.4 m figure used in the Pacific Institute report - which comes from research by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography - is considerably higher than the estimates put forth in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Rising Seas Swallow California's Coast? | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

Versatility is usually not the first skill for a college baseball player to boast about.However, junior Dan Zailskas has proven that his flexibility to play just about anywhere on the field is one of his most important contributions to the team.“[Zailskas] is the guy that we...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All-Purpose Junior Impresses Early in Season | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

From its very beginnings, America has been rooted in religion. Though the Founding Fathers instituted a “wall of separation” between church and state, they are also known to have used religious rhetoric in documents as fundamental to our understanding of nationhood as the Declaration of...

Author: By Nafees A. Syed | Title: In God We Trust | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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