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...Harvard’s endowments tend to be quite old, so they have a lot of appreciation built up in there,” Shore said. “Underwater funds’ challenges have been biggest in the places that have received the newest endowment funds...
...instead of staying up for hours reading over your coursepack and memorizing countless dates, try hanging around the mill’s old doorways. You might just catch a glimpse of an ancient worker in authentic Victorian garb. If, on the other hand, you find yourself up at 8 a.m. staring at a blank wall, FM does not take responsibility for any failed midterms, gaping professors, or general humiliation...
...prepared to shiver and shudder as the deepest, darkest secrets of Boston’s earliest disease-ridden days are exposed. Don’t be surprised if New Haven suddenly seems a lot a less frightening...Departs every half hour from 7-9 p.m., all week long. Old Town Trolley stop #1, downtown Boston, $37. Reservations required...
Harvard may be over 300 years old, but that hasn’t stopped it from keeping up with the times. Like other colleges, Harvard created its very own Twitter account, tweeting away updates and announcements for over 4,000 following students, teachers, alums, and others as of this past Sunday. According to UniversitiesandColleges.org, it’s the #1 school in the country in number of followers, with Stanford and Yale at distant second and third places. And where Harvard tweets, others tweet back. Here’s what’s twittering around campus...
...Today, Stone Town is the historic center of the present capital, Zanzibar City, and is a UNESCO World Heritage area. The showpiece is the waterfront, a line of whitewashed palaces and forts beside clear, green waters. Here the British Old Dispensary sits next to Portuguese cannons, a fort built by Omani Arabs, and the Victorian clock tower of the Beit al-Ajaib - the first building in Africa with running water, electricity and a lift...