Word: toweritis
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...Fourth, read the inscription on Dexter Gate (the gate leading to one of the many Wigglesworth dorms). Basically, it can be read as a reminder to leave the ivory tower occasionally. Crew was my escape of choice until I managed to fall out of my top bunk and injure my knee. The Crimson became my primary distraction. As a photography editor I have seen amazing concerts from in front of front row, traveled all over Boston, spoken with almost all of the University's administrators and eaten many, many free meals. Whatever you enjoy, find a way to travel beyond...
...late 16th century, in the violent breakup of the old order and the coming of new science, in the midst of religious civil war, Montaigne withdrew to a book-lined tower in the French countryside and began to compose his essais - rambling, free-associating, magnificently civilized scribblings that invented the modern essay form and, above all, attempted to formulate new rules for conducting a decent, intelligent life: personal experience and reflection struggling toward universal principle. Montaigne had the words "que sais-je?" inscribed in his tower, and looked at them as he worked: "What do I know...
...tape your principal to the wall, you can now buy products online to support your school. Internet malls, such as Schoolpop.com and ShopforSchool.com promise participating schools cash rebates of as much as 20% of the total purchase and offer links to online shops like J. Crew, Amazon and Tower Records...
...fitting name, as it was only 4 ft. wide and just over 4 ft. high, crewmen had to sit hunched single file, each operating a crank attached to the propeller. Top speed was 4 knots. The captain navigated by peering out fist-size portholes in the forward conning tower. The Hunley had air for 2 1/2 hours, though it rarely stayed down for more than 25 minutes. Says project historian Mark Ragan: "They would surface when their candle went...
...release of Belle And Sebastian's fourth album was no 'N Sync affair. Crowd control was not required. Traffic was not stopped. But when the doors opened at New York City's downtown Tower Records store last Tuesday morning, a steady procession of people--very intelligent-looking adult people--headed to the racks, grabbed their copies of Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (Matador) and tore out of the store, desperate to get to the first music-playing implement they could lay their hands on. Soon the Belle and Sebastian websites, and there are dozens of them...