The College Pump


Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

Curl Up with the Cloud-gatherer

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." This spring Harvard University Press publishes the...

Blockheads

“Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by.” Benjamin Franklin’s father thought of sending his boy...

Branded

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." “Does Harvard ‘brand’ matter...

Lessons from the Limelight

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Learning from Performers debuted 30 years ago. Jerold S...

Errant Oars

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." The secretary of the class of 1947 has asked for the help of...

Puritan Party Time

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Of making books about Harvard there is no end, and...

Here's to Ralph, Mrs. DeVoto, and Warren

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." As many readers of this magazine are well aware, every five...

How to Cook a Thesis

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."The senior thesis, a big chunk of original work, is the culmination...

World’s Greatest Taglines?

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."A friend who works at the Berklee College of Music in Boston tells...

Pay the Term Bill in Barrel Hoops

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Roger Thompson of Norwich, England, an emeritus professor of...