Word: vanness
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...before kickoff: former Harvard fullback Noah Van Niel '08 just sang the national anthem, and the Crimson has come on the field...
...seems that great artists are always known by certain iconic stories. Who can forget the tragedy of Vincent van Gogh cutting off his left ear lobe after a confrontation with his friend Paul Gauguin? And then there’s Paul Gauguin himself, who is known for his attempt to escape European civilization in search a pre-civilization good life in Tahiti. There is the sadly romantic story of the dwarfen Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who would frequent the Moulin Rouge to pine after the beautiful, tall dancer Jane Avril.But Daniel Kehlmann, the author of the novel...
...Consider the 10 men taken off their flimsy rubber rafts: after spending the rest of the night in a police van, they were sent to an overcrowded island detention center for between 15 and 45 days. Once they're released, authorities are likely to hand them a 30-day expulsion order and a free ferry ticket to Athens. But deportations are rare, so almost all will fall into a clandestine existence. Some may stay in Greece, but most will leave to search for work in European countries to the north and west...
...says Nelson, who is also a former Crimson editor. After graduating from the College, he journeyed to the U.K. on a Marshall Scholarship, finally returning to Cambridge in 2003 for the Society of Fellows post-doctorate program. He became an assistant professor in fall 2005.The History department hired Trygve Van Regenmorter Throntveit ’01 as a lecturer after most of his dissertation committee retired or decided to take time off. “I pitched a few classes to them, and I guess they took the bait,” he says. Apart from a year taken...
...Harvard men’s and women’s cross-country squads made a strong showing at NCAA Northeastern Regionals on Saturday, placing eighth and seventh, respectively, in addition to qualifying one representative each for the championship race in Terre Haute, Ind. New York’s Van Cortlandt Park course provided a familiar stomping ground for the runners, who made their second trip to the park in as many weeks. Sophomore Claire Richardson led a tremendous women’s effort in which all five Crimson scorers finished in the top 60 of the 247-person 6K field...