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One such event, a “Day of Dialogue” in December 1983, included over a hundred students in discussions on US involvement in the apartheid state. The idea of the event, which was cosponsored by the Harvard Race Relations Foundation, was first suggested during a hunger strike...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 1984 Senior Gift Meets World Politics | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

Reports from the meeting published in the Crimson confirmed that committee members acknowledge that the group’s subsequent decisions were influenced by the actions of students who fasted in support of divestiture.

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 1984 Senior Gift Meets World Politics | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

I fasted all day and decided that even though I was technically in the Bronx, I'd calculate the damage in estimated Manhattan prices. Sure enough, upon entering the Legends Suite with my ludicrously expensive ticket, I was immediately met by celebrity chef April Bloomfield of fancy Manhattan gastro-pub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Beat the Yankees with Your Stomach | 5/22/2009 | See Source »

That of course, is down to months of rigorous training, including practicing a technique called glossopharyngeal insufflation, or lung packing. In order to maximize the amount of air taken into the lungs before apnea, Blaine, among other divers, inhaled until his lungs were filled to their physiological capacity, and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How David Blaine Held His Breath | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

Students at three universities went on strike this week to advocate for a variety of causes­—including increasing curricular diversity, reducing student fees, and halting environmentally-unsound campus construction. Protests at Columbia University, the University of California­­-Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts?...

Author: By Jenny J. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Protests Pop Up on Campuses | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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