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This is a story about two houses, one made of concrete and glass that looms imposingly over the Charles, and another made of wood and brick that sits among similar buildings along Mt. Auburn Street. In the last four years, I’ve been privileged enough to live, or at least socialize, in both. And as a kid from a rural community in central Texas, only incredible strokes of luck could have placed me in either of them.I was first introduced to the final clubs by the Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard, which featured nothing more than...

Author: By Rex G. Baker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Tale of Two Houses | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...Social” which happens when sparks fly between the hammer and the nail and everyone drinks. As far as Collins can remember, from summmers spent mixing drinking and sharp objects, sparks have never flown. “I used to heat my house with wood, so the fact that flipping a hammer is a party trick is kind of funny to me,” says Daniel A. Reid ’06. Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08 calls himself a “stump virgin” but says he found the game fun, although...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Getting Hammered, Toolishly | 11/9/2005 | See Source »

...Cline, Larsen Librarian of Harvard College, said that over the past few weeks, plans for a Committee on the Quad Library, that once formed, will include two students from each of the Quad houses. It will be chaired by Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Management Marilyn Wood. “We’ll be working with those students to see what users’ reactions [to the library] are, and if there are things we might want to change . . . We’re trying to gather a lot of input,” said Cline...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quad Library Debuts | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

Murakami’s cult status in the U.S. is threatened by this new wave of fans. “I’m very happy that readers think of me as their personal discoveries [in some countries],” Murakami says. “Before Norwegian Wood it was the same situation in Japan...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Translating Murakami | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

Stopforth’s class is physics concentrator Elizabeth B. Wood ’06’s first experience with drawing—she pulls a stack of sketches full of knotted, organic tangles out of her work drawer. However, her main focus in the class right now is a sculptural project. “I found a dead tree and am trying to re-animate it,” she explains. She searches the area for parts the tree needs: she has stripped bark from branches, and found it roots (“they’re kind...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: VES 113: Altered Landscapes | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

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