Reed College Magazine December 2010

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Reed College

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December 2010

Growing the Curriculum

The cross-pollination of Reed’s new environmental studies major

photo by eric cable

Prakher Bajpai ’14 of Kathmandu hangs the Nepalese flag at a brunch welcoming international students. Prakher is one of 112 international students from 46 countries, and the Nepalese flag is the only national banner that is not rectangular. Can someone furnish a plausible geometric or vexillological name for its unusual shape? Beam thoughts to puzzled@reed.edu.

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MY LIFE AS A MICROBE  Page 18     WHO KILLED REED U?   Page 32      OBAMA’S GAY MENTOR  Page 43 10/29/10 1:23 PM


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