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For a couple of years prior to entering college, I was trying to teach myself Korea language. This was out of my interest in language learning as well the influence of having many Korean friends. Since there were no classes that I could take nearby or in school, I attempted to learn through books in the internet. This was not as successful as I had hoped, so I decided that once in college, I would study abroad in Korea to really force myself into learning this language. Once at Harvard, I was pleased and surprised to find KI’s unbelievably generous funding opportunities for summer study...
It’s a time-honored tradition at Memorial Church, a brief service of reflection, song, and prayer that unfolds early weekday mornings during the fall and spring semesters. For close to 400 years, some students, faculty, and staff have reserved 15 minutes to contemplate the past and the future and to hear from a member of Harvard’s community.
Fans of comic books will go to great lengths to keep their collections in top condition—storing comics in clear plastic or vinyl bags, buying an additional copy of an issue (reading one and leaving the other untouched), even sending away comics to be sealed in hard plastic shells. Yet, as Chloe Houseman, an intern in the Weissman Preservation Center’s paper conservation lab, recently explained at a presentation on the preservation of comics, most single-issue comic books were not made to last.
“The evolution of comic books into a collectible phenomenon has been a challenge,”...
