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There is no novel so great that I cannot put it down. I made it through a hundred and fifty pages of “War and Peace.” I called it quits on “Moby Dick” after the sixth chapter on the subtle...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leaving The Great Books Unfinished | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Novels are antithetical to the hasty lifestyle of today’s world. Reading forces us to pause our own lives in order to inhabit the consciousness of another being. One of the great discoveries of reading is that slowing down life allows one to appreciate the world more deeply...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leaving The Great Books Unfinished | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

After six weeks of trying to elect a mayor, the Cambridge City Council has narrowed the candidates down to Councillors David P. Maher, Kenneth E. Reeves ’72, and Henrietta J. Davis, with Maher leading the pack with four votes over the past three election sessions.

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Fails To Elect Mayor for Sixth Time | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

“I picked up the puck, and I think the defenseman thought I was slowing down to make a move,” McNeely explained. “I just tried to pull it wide and pull it around the goalie and put it far side.?...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beanpot Blowout Provides Harvard Little Consolation | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

“In the third period, it was a combination of Northeastern wearing us down and us running out of gas,” Donato said. “Give Northeastern a lot of credit, but for us, the bench got too short, too soon.”

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beanpot Blowout Provides Harvard Little Consolation | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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