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...speech at the ceremony, the area where Tercentenary Theater now stands was once the college’s pasture, where high-ranking professors would earn the right to let their cattle, then considered a must-have accessory, graze on what Gomes called the “wild backyard.” “Pasturing cows in those days was equivalent to a parking permit,” stated Gomes in front of the boisterous audience. In his speech, Professor Cox suggested a return to a more natural lifestyle in the Yard. Students at the ceremony seemed enthusiastic about adopting...

Author: By Anna M. Yeung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Explained: Don't Have a Cow, Man | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...Join a neighborhood volunteer group like Brooklyn's In Our Backyard and Washington's CarbonfreeDC, which help groups of friends partner on projects - like planting gardens and teaching people how to green their homes - and have some fun along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Ways to Make a Difference | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...roommates and I weren’t even aware that anything had happened until our landlord called us,” Lohani said. “We were told not to go into the backyard, because it was a crime scene...

Author: By Manning Ding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skeleton Found in Cambridge Home | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

Summer, aside from being the hot season, is the playlist season: one for the backyard party, one for the drive to the beach, one for drinking on the curb at two in the morning, maybe one for that late night chat with the special lady friend. But for the extra lazy summer days when iTunes is too much of a hassle, “Ambivalence Avenue” is your one-stop shop for all of your summer needs. After a series of meandering electronic albums for backpack rap label Mush, British producer Stephen Wilkinson, aka Bibio, has taken...

Author: By Ross S. Weinstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bibio | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...night was typical of summer backyard get-togethers on the east side of Baltimore. A DJ was spinning favorite tunes. The barbecue grill was fired up. People laughed, children played. The atmosphere at the picnic, which was organized to honor two men who were killed on the streets a year before, was good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Experts: Street Crime Too Often Blamed on Gangs | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

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