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Kristin E. Kitchen
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Technostalgia
In fourth grade, my class held an Invention Convention. After a week of compiling lists of things that bugged us,
Legacy: The Small Town Girl
Cozily sporting fuzzy purple slippers, Danielle V. Brown ’05 says she loves the snow. Brown hails from Durango, a tiny
Legacy
In the narrow, college-admissions sense of the word, legacy means family history advantageously intertwined with one’s alma mater. FM expands
Welcome to Our World of Drastic Markdowns
FAO Schwarz, the Toys ’R Us of Fifth Avenue, has been delighting bright-eyed children and memorabilia-mad collectors with its pricey
Hot Shots
Students at Harvard tend to complain—about reading assignments, dining-hall food, the distance from the Quad to the river and the
Anagrams Up the Ssa
It is evening in the Dunster dining hall, and three Harvard men have convened to test their wits. Coffee is
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mr. Byron Satterlee Hurlbut
With the name Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, he had to have a sense of humor. Hurlbut served as the Dean of
What in the Lord's Name is Going On?
On a cool Sunday morning in the Back Bay, a crowd of 400 pours into the unadorned auditorium of John
The story of one former student member of the BCC
In November 1991, Chris Lee, then a sophomore at MIT, was invited by a friend in his orchestra to join
The story of one student recruited by the BCC
R. Michael Meagher ’02 was recruited by the BCC his first year. As Meagher walked through the Yard on his
The Second Most Magical Place on Earth
I tell people at Harvard I am from Orlando but, actually, I grew up at Disney World. The important events
Sundae School
Way down South in Dixie, the Yankees and their World Series loss is not on the brain. In Florida especially,
Rape Happens at Harvard
On April 13, 1999, the Harvard Faculty voted to dismiss Joshua M. Elster, class of 2000. After over a year
Gore Aide Promotes Preventitive Foreign Policy
The senior foreign policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore '69 last night defended his candidate's national security proposals, labeling