Hot-ticket Fire Ball boosts hospital plans
The Fire Ball, held Nov. 5, 2005, at Harvard University’s Soldier Field athletic facilities, is intended to be the first of four such events — one for each element — to help Mount Auburn Hospital raise $21 million for expansion. The cost of admission a …
Teens risk suspension for protests against war
Eighteen-month-old walks for peace in Harvard Yard linked yesterday with a national antiwar effort and escalated into a student walkout, drawing high school students risking suspension and activists from as far away as Bridgewater. Students expressed …
Sculpture surprised, but now it pleases
David Tonnesen’s “Torso” sculpture adorns the Rose Institute’s yard on Elm Street. Owner Ayn Rose had envisioned a classic Greek form. (Photo: Alex Mavradis) A stone’s throw from mundane Star Market on Elm Street, in a well-tended garden, there is a fo …
Hauntings are plentiful, but they’re not always scary
There’s a ghost at Harvard Square’s Harvard Lampoon building, seen decorated for the historic humor magazine’s Halloween pumpkin sale Oct. 29, 2005, but its occupants haven’t lost their sense of humor. (Photo: Lawrence E. Miller) A haunted sphinx lies …