Caitlin Clerkin ‘11 has just returned from two months in Israel’s Upper Galilee where she was part of a team of archaeologists excavating a building site dating between 5th-2nd Century BC. In her own words, she describes her experiences during the adventure of her life.
Perhaps it’s merely wishful thinking, but research finds that we quite literally “see what we want to see” when it comes to our perceptions of distance and the things we desire.
It was painful to hear about Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan’s torn meniscus during what was to be a celebratory pie-to-the-face of his teammate after an extra-inning thriller. Here are The Atlantic’s top five sports celebration fails.
Aside from missed flight connections, disappointing hotels and kids fighting, there are other reasons why your summer vacation may not be the bliss-inducing holiday you’ve anticipated — and why taking shorter trips more often may do the trick.
Summer vacations often mean road trips that include spectacular attractions along the way. TIME has compiled a list of the 50 best, including the Desert of Maine in Freeport.
John Rich ’39, H’74, P’78, P’80, whose collection of rare color photographs of wartime Korea were the subject of the feature, “One Man’s Korean War ,” in the November 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine, has published a selection of those photos in a new collection, Korean War in Color: A Correspondent’s Retrospective on a Forgotten War (Seoul Selection, 2010). Rich spent nearly 30 years as a war correspondent for the International News Service and later for NBC News. He took more than 1,000 color photographs in 1950 while on the ground covering the Korean War .
A study by researchers at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that humans, while happier when busy, are inclined toward idleness (“an evolutionary vestige that ensures we conserve energy.”)
Just a hop and a short boat ride away from the Bowdoin campus is Haskell Island, where Matt Gannon ‘11 is knee deep excavating a shell midden — ancient Native American refuse sites —where 2,000 years of culture is near at hand.