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$100K Class Project #bestclassever
Students who applied to the Yale College seminar “Philanthropy in Action” were in for a surprise when they saw the course’s syllabus: members of the class would have the opportunity to distribute $100,000 to charities of their choosing. The course is the recipient of a grant from the Once Upon a Time Foundation, which gave between $50,000 and $100,000 to similar courses at eight universities this academic year, said Sam Lett, the foundation’s president. By allowing students...
WANNA SEE MY PACKAGE?
Sometimes a friend will ask you to walk in the rain. Or she’ll ask you to breakfast on a Saturday — which is really just a lead in to fixing her flat tire. Other times the same friend (Ahem Nichole Smith) may try and get you to co-emcee a beauty pageant in Northern Michigan (I managed to avoid this one through halfhearted responses). But she outdid herself when I agreed to help her with a charity and found myself dodging swords at a medieval costume party while wearing...
LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM — HE’S STILL ONE HELLUVA DUDE
Tim Tebow FoundationTim Tebow with Jacob Rainey, one of the many people dealing with health problems that Tebow hosted at Broncos games this season. Via Espn.com I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde. No, I’ve come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am. Who...
A GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY
20 PICTURES THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL HAPPY Via BuzzFeed.com 1. Panda cubs cuddling with each other via 2. These dogs surfing via 3. This corgi’s face via 4. A slow loris getting brushed 5. This cat copying a baby via 6. A fat squirrel via 7. Doggy stacking via 8. A frenchie high-five via 9. A elephant getting its teeth brushed via 10. This little boy and his cat companion via 11. This zebra riding a giraffe 12. An armful of puppies via 13. This...
NEW YEARS RULIN’S
As 1941 drew to a close, the great Woody Guthrie sat and drew up an illustrated list of 33 resolutions for the following year, 1942. The charming result of his efforts, entitled “New Year’s Rulin’s,” can be enjoyed below. Transcript follows. Image — a larger version of which is here — courtesy ofThe Woody Guthrie Foundation. Image: The Woody Guthrie Foundation; Large version here. Transcript NEW YEAR’S RULIN’S 1. WORK MORE AND BETTER 2....
