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...romance took a while to start. The two met freshman year through the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, but did not begin dating until early junior year. Now, a year later, wedding bells are within earshot. Though a date has yet to be established, the couple anticipates tying the knot soon after graduation. O’Herin admitted that balancing school and his new marital status is no breeze, “It’s kind of hard to get my mind back on school.” After all, the blissful couple is not immune to the usual senior...
...Proposition 8 passed on Tuesday with 52 percent of the vote, ending almost five months of legal same-sex marriage in California that was ushered in by a May ruling by the state’s highest court. Since mid-June, over 11,000 people have tied the knot in California, surpassing the total number of same-sex weddings in Massachusetts, which became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. Last year, the state legislature defeated a constitutional amendment in the Bay State, making it unlikely that the right will ever be revoked. Jordan A. Monge...
...response in supertasters.The emerging field of hedonics, the study of gustatory pleasure, is determined to pin down other biological dimensions of taste. Of course, less than 25% of the population become food critics, so there has to be more than just tastebuds and genetics determining gourmandism, including a complex knot of perceptive psychology, pre-natal diet, and cultural norms. We may never reach the stage where we can predict what food people will like and choose given their physiological profiles, but if the core of hedonics is correct, there must be a tangible link between our biology and our taste...
...heroine. “Just the idea of how we deal with veterans.” Actress Lisette Silva Sanchez says she can’t pinpoint one theme that is any more important than the others: “It’s such a knot...
...Wisconsin looked poised to tie the game just before halftime. But Okuji stepped in front, slid to her right, and deflected the would-be equalizer away from the goal. Captain Nikki Rhodes stepped in to clear the ball away, keeping the Crimson ahead before the break. Although Wisconsin would knot the game up in the second half, the play effectively salvaged a draw for a Crimson team on the rise. “I’m just told to stop balls, so that’s what I do,” Okuji said...