News and Updates

But it’s a dry heat…

October 19, 2007

Robin Mead (’97) has been teaching economics at the Dubai American Academy. We asked her if Dubai’s as crazy as the photo essay in this month’s Harper’s makes it look, and she said, Um, yeah. It’s as hot as Phoenix…


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Polly wants a cracker. And a Tickle-Me-Elmo doll.

October 19, 2007

Not to be too uncaring in a period of mourning, but Dr. Pepperberg, watch your back! The new parrot authority in the neighborhood is none other than Becky Fox (’96). She wrapped up a Ph.D. at UC Davis, where she…


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Econ Man

October 16, 2007

Sort of has a catchy ring, doesn’t it? Like Iron Man in those old Marvel comic books, but holding a copy of the Journal under his arm instead of wearing a funny-looking suit of armor. But we digress. The point…


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Karl Rove x James Carville =

October 15, 2007

Who knows the solution to that little bit of arithmetic… What we do know is that Kelley Van Auken (’95) is holding her own in the political arena. After working in the White House in the late 90s, Kelley lit…


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Barber shop

October 15, 2007

We asked the Google to tell us about “the jacques yves cousteau lab” and we got exactly zero hits. But, there’s a real live Barber Lab, at Boston University. Thus proving, as if anyone doubted it, that Paul Barber (’87)…


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A cantora maior de Bossa Nova em Tucson

October 12, 2007

We were kicking ourselves for missing all the celebrations of Brazil’s Independence Day back in September, and had reached the point of asking every person we met on the street if they might have a copy of Tristes Tropiques to…


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Are you smarter than a 7th grader?

October 10, 2007

Now you can find out. No humiliation from Jeff Foxworthy required. Scoot over to the web page of Becki Norris (’95), where she has posted homework for her students in physical science, geometry, and drawing. We’ve already learned a bunch…


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