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During her sophomore year, Neo was diagnosed with compartment syndrome??a condition that can lead to muscle death or nerve damage—and was bedridden for nearly two months. During her time recovering at University Health Services, Neo’s host parents visited her frequently and brought her food and drinks...
Hollis Research Professor of Divinity Harvey G. Cox, who brought a cow to the Tercentenary Theater earlier this year in celebration of his retirement, spoke about the role of religion a society that suffers from “cultural attention deficit syndrome?...
...seen the show yet, you are probably far from convinced that any of this could possibly be funny. The fact that one scene involves Mr. G conducting dance instruction with the school’s “specials”—played by children with Downs Syndrome??probably won’t help either. I’m not going to make any excuses for Lilley’s poor taste, nor for my own laughter. Though there is still a slight learning curve to understanding Australian humor, the transition is nearly effortless compared...
...started a few years ago when Japan’s Ministry of Health began drumming up awareness of “metabolic syndrome??—a collection of factors linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Since introducing this syndrome??—the symptoms of which include obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol—the Japanese government has successfully convinced its citizenry of the urgency of this epidemic. “Metabo” is the new hip word for obesity. In April of this year, the Ministry...
...many of my friends, on the other hand, are going through “complete your secondary field” syndrome??they already took a few courses in a department and feel like they might as well grind out those last required courses to finish a “Harvard minor.” Or perhaps they always planned to take a secondary field but put off some particularly ghastly requirements until the very end. Either way, their last taste of Harvard academics will be sitting in lectures they would rather not be in, reading things they don?...