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There's precious little light in Iceland during the winter, which makes the upper latitudes ideal for viewing the northern lights--especially on New Year's Eve. In Reykjavík, Icelanders gather around dozens of massive bonfires to sing traditional folk songs accompanied, according to local legend, by trolls, fairies and elves. (Iceland's Tourist Board claims that 80% of Icelanders believe in little beings.) At midnight the city explodes in a massive fireworks display. The dancing and partying that follow last until the sun comes up, which in Iceland is at about lunchtime...
Jimmy Fraser’s winter break just got a little bit more interesting. The sophomore forward has been named to the United States National Hockey Junior team, announced by USA Hockey on Tuesday night during a nationally televised game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild. The team will travel to Leskand and Mora, Sweden from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 to participate in the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. Fraser, who formerly served as captain of the United States Under-17 and Under-18 squads, now represents one of the top 22 players under...
...Prodigal Summer” humans are just another species on the earth, physical creatures with their needs and desires. This physicality does not diminish humanity, but elevates it. The next time you need an escape from the gray winter of Harvard, open “Prodigal Summer” and immerse yourself in a lush, sensuous world where wildness can still be found...
...reorganized itself to accommodate the demands of a nation at war. Conant’s promise in an address following Pearl Harbor to employ “all resources of Harvard University” in helping the war effort led to a series of sweeping curricular changes in the winter of 1941, ranging from the creation of courses like “Camouflage—Protective Concealment (Fine Arts IX)” to the inclusion of boxing and calisthenics in students’ daily schedules, according to Bethell’s book.By the spring of 1942, various Reserve Officers...
...matter that the Bruins earned a spot in the national championship game? Because just under a month ago, UCLA sent a promising Crimson squad home for the winter with a sound 3-0 defeat in the second round of the tournament. Harvard had entered the postseason as the highest-scoring team in the country and, after a gritty win over Binghamton at home in the opening round, looked like it might have the promise...