January 18, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

The Big Picture: Joe Hickey, Harvard Lampoon curator
When curator Joe Hickey found the original 1909 architectural plans for the Harvard Lampoon building where he works he rolled up his sleeves and got down to business.

Time to remember: 'Chest of 1900' lets us see the way we were
What was life like at Harvard 100 years ago? How did people spend their days? What did they eat? What did they wear? What did students think of their professors? What did professors think of their students? How did people spend their leisure time?

Dean Faust to turn concepts into reality at Radcliffe
Drew Gilpin Faust, the founding Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study assumes her full-time duties this month.

92 and still champ: Age can't get boxing coach Tommy Rawson up against the ropes
At 92, Tommy Rawson still drives to the gym from his home in Arlington five days a week, hits the heavy and speed bags a bit, and then proceeds to coach the Harvard Boxing Club, as he has done for the past 60 years.

Divining the dreams of lost worlds
From an early age, Chinese scholar Wai-yee Li has been a frequent visitor to the world of the imagination, at times preferring it to the world of the here and now.

Drew Gilpin Faust on her move to Radcliffe: "It will be a very different life for me," she says. "I think it is [appealing] in ways I didn't know about until I said I was going to take this job and I found myself completely energized by trying something new." Full story

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