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The Latest in Furniture Trends
If you walked by Quincy Yard this past week, you might have noticed an arm chair, a footstool, and a television set sitting under a tree. No, this was not another attempt by President Faust to promote community in a yard space. And no, this wasn't your standard upholstery, the kind that makes you itchy all over. These particular pieces of furniture—along with the lazy cat and the sleeping dog lying around them—were made of snow.
Harvard Lends Helping Hands to a Shaken Country
Larry D. Arbuthnott ’10 was woken from his afternoon nap by his grandmother's worried shrill: “Turn on the news! I think there's been an earthquake in Haiti.”
Harvard Partners With Mobile Social Networking App
Harvard natives and visitors will be able to explore the historic expanse of Harvard Yard and Harvard Square with greater ease as a result of a partnership with a mobile social networking application called foursquare, the University announced on Tuesday.
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Original Publication Date: September 17, 2009 Harvey G. Cox Jr. celebrates his retirement by exercising his right as the Hollis Research Professor of Divinity to graze his cows in Harvard Yard. A band of tubas dubbed “Udderly Tuba” played “Old McDonald” as they led Cox and the cow to the Divinity School.
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Original Publication Date: January 21, 2009 Because of the changes to the Jan. 20 final exam schedule—including moving Government 1540: “The American Presidency” to a week earlier and pushing up the time of the morning exams—many more Harvard undergraduates were able to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama.
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Original Publication Date: May 20, 2009 Police officers rope off access to Dunster Street after a shooting occurred in J-Entryway of Kirkland House on Monday May 18, 2009. Justin Cosby, a 2005 Cambridge Rindge and Latin graduate with no known ties to Harvard University, died after being shot in the abdomen shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday.
