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Volume CXXXIII, Number 16 |
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Fast Features
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campus weather report: mostly partly cloudy
Today. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
Tonight. Partly cloudy. Lows around 15. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday night. Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday. Partly cloudy. Highs around 40.
Monday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
Tuesday. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the lower 40s. On Tuesday night, mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of rain and snow.
Wednesday. Partly cloudy. Highs around 40.
Thursday. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
fast fact: a major understatement
When Joshua Chamberlain, then a Bowdoin professor, tried to join the military to fight in the Civil War, Bowdoin faculty sent a representative to Augusta to discourage Chamberlain's appointment. The professor told the governor that Chamberlain "is no fighter, but only a mild-mannered common student." Chamberlain was appointed anyway-and at Gettysburg, led the defense of Little Round Top, saving the Union army. He would later go on to serve as governor of Maine and president of the College, and receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
word of the week
ostensible adj.
Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
don't miss it
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story will re-air on the Lifetime television channel on March 6 at 7:00 p.m. Murray spoke about her life at last Friday's Common Hour (see Features main page).
FROM TOP: Source: National Weather Service; Source: The Leadership Moment by Michael Useem, Photo: National Park Service; Source: dictionary.com; No credit.
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