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Last week, beneath the majestic 13,060-ft. mountain, Nevada Governor Richard Bryan and former Senator Paul Laxalt, along with other dignitaries, dedicated the surrounding 120 sq. mi. of wilderness as Great Basin National Park, the country's 49th. Named by Explorer John C. Fremont, the area known as the Great Basin stretches across northern Nevada, touching California, Oregon, Utah and Idaho. Once an inland sea, it was formed 20 million years ago by geologic plates thrusting sediment layers upward into mountain ranges. The relatively small national park contains nearly all the Great Basin's ecosystems, from desert to arctic...
...49th day after death, according to Buddhist teaching, the souls of the dead make their journey into the next world. So it was last week that on the appointed day several thousand students gathered in the streets of Seoul to mark the final passage of Park Jong Chul, a 21-year-old student who had died during a police interrogation. What followed was more like a descent into hell...
Sasner--whose 49th career goal in last week's Beanpot game against Boston University broke Kathy Carroll's Harvard career scoring mark--now has 19 goals on the year, and 52 in her career...
Katie Toner (18:35.1) and Toby Warden (18:41.3) led all women with 21st and 22nd place finishes, respectively. The freshmen trio of Lise Vansen (19:18.5), Michelle Sang (19:26.3), and Tina Lount (19:27.5) followed with 45th, 49th, and 50th place finishes, respectively...
...Harvard-affiliated Nieman Foundation, a program for select mid-career journalists, this week announced the 12 members of the 49th class of Nieman fellows...