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...losing some of its magic and becoming less about the miracle of life and more about simply getting a baby out safely and without incident. "We put a lot of emotional, psychological and spiritual value around birthing," says Dr. William Callaghan, an obstetrician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "But perhaps we are coming up with different cultural norms...
...Pais said. “We just need to be able to perform when we are a little bit tired.” Dartmouth quickly scored two goals to start off the second half, each of which followed a contentious call—one on ball control and one on a false start. “We had a bit of a defensive lapse and ran into a little trouble on offense at the beginning of the half,” Pais said. “We definitely had our opportunities.” Shortly after Dartmouth?...
...within the Harvard Marching Band. The students’ level of familiarity with jazz varied widely: some had already played in jazz ensembles, while others were just curious about the music. Today, Harvard boasts two jazz ensembles independent from the Marching Band but still under Everett’s control: the Sunday Jazz Band, for less experienced students, and the Monday Jazz Band, for more advanced musicians. AN OPPORTUNITY SUPREMEAs Everett’s group continued to add new members, he also started using his connections outside the University to encourage his students to understand jazz as a living...
...Only through the prism of ideas can the world be approached, Gessen seems to communicate. Only through ideas can man understand the world; only by rethinking the world can man exercise a modicum of power within it. And at its core, the novel is about power, about control, about controlling one’s own life, whether through writing a novel or making lists or having babies to ensure the U.S. a liberal majority. Gessen sees all of modern society as this struggle for power. Nearly every single interaction in the book is framed as a power struggle...
...passed since April 16, 2007, when Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho went on a shooting rampage that left 33 of his classmates and faculty dead. In this time of reflection, sharp and painful memories from this tragedy have sparked calls for change from both sides of the gun-control debate: Pro-gun-control students have objected to the laws that allowed Cho access to a gun in the first place, and anti-gun-control advocates—including 25,000 members of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus— argue that students could have stopped the massacre...