Features

Edwards’ passion for plants fosters extensive world travels

By Kristen Layden - Contributing Writer

Imagine a world where robots can do everything – cook, clean, protect civilians and even love. Well, that idea has already been beaten like a dead horse in countless books and movies, and it’s time to think out of the box. Enter Joan Edwards, professor of biology. “I’m pretty convinced that plants can do just about anything,” Edwards said. She ticked off examples: “They mimic female wasps to lur...»

Eph ‘Battlestar’ fans just love to LARP

By Emily Flynn - Contributing Writer

Deep in the heart of the Odd Quad, at nine p.m. on a dark Friday night, I found myself walking down the hall to the common room on the second floor of Prospect. I was there to meet Samuel Jackson ’10, a self-declared super-fan of the television show Battlestar Galactica. Known colloquially as Battlestar, or BSG, the show airs Friday nights at 10 p.m. on the SciFi channel, and caters to a small bu...»

One in 2000

By Chris Milliken - Staff Writer

It was nice out on Sunday afternoon. That is, the sun was shining. But it was also unacceptably cold. Nevertheless, I agreed to meet Jack Kling '09 outside in the Science Quad. I found him sitting atop a picnic table – sitting cross-legged. Talk got real deep, real fast. Jack, gimme five words that best describe you. That's not fair. Okay, then. How would you introduce yourself to a famous person...»

Ask Moe and Jim

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Dear Moe and Jim, My boyfriend and I broke up a month or so ago, and now he is going out with one of my best friends. Although our relationship was short and not serious, I still think it's weird that they would start dating without asking me about how I feel. I admit that it does bother me to see them together, but I don't know if my annoyance is founded. I obviously like both of them, and I wan...»

Style Pop Quiz

By Annick Benavides - Contributing Writer

I found Ryan Dunfee '09 eating breakfast at Snack Bar. So, what do you have on today? I'm wearing my Team Mexico jacket, running shorts and running shoes. Have you ever lived in Mexico? I did an abroad program in Cuernavaca. Do you think living in Mexico has influenced your style? Yeah, a little bit. I got this sweet silver belt buckle there that has cowboy boots and machetes on it. It's pretty m...»

Springstreeter turns Chinese superstar

By Andrea Park - Executive Editor

Singer Leehom Wang ’98 is the most famous Eph, ever. He’s more famous than George Steinbrenner ’52, he’s more famous than Stephen Sondheim ’50 and he’s definitely more famous than President James A. Garfield, Class of 1856. He’s too famous to perform at Spring Fling, and he’s also too famous to answer my e-mails, apparently. But if he’s so famous, then why haven’t you heard of him? Well, he may n...»