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With a population of about 30 people, Birney, Mont, is quite different from Cambridge, Mass. The town's public school is for grades one through eight and has an enrollment of 12. The nearest high school is about two-and-a-half hours away. About 10 miles outside of Birney is a ranch where Jake Carson '99-'00 grew...
...families have mounted small, silvery panels on poles near their homes. Made of silicon semiconductor chips similar to the microprocessors found in computers, the solar cells convert the energy of sunshine into electricity. These almost magical devices make it possible for people living a day's walk from the nearest power lines to turn on light bulbs, radios and TV sets for the first time...
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: 500 miles to the nearest beach...
First, limited access is unsafe. There have been several incidents in which students walking at night have noticed strange cars or individuals following them. Unfortunately, instead of simply being able to swipe their ID cards and enter safely into the nearest house, these students were forced to continue walking toward their own houses, the only ones to which they had access. This situation is especially threatening when individuals are alone at night. Although each house has a guard to supervise the area, the guards are only on duty for a limited time. Consequently, if an individual happens to walk...
...ghost that seems nearest to Young's heart is a strange gentleman who hung about in B entryway of Massachusetts Hall. E. Fred Yalouris '71 was one of Young's advisees at the time and also remembers the man. "He was in his late fifties or early sixties--this was back in '67-'68--and he was dressed in wing-tipped shoes and a tweed jacket, very Ivy. The man came into B entryway one day and knocked on our door. He proceeded to sit and talk, always "very gracious and well-spoken." Young remembers that "he insisted that...