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Periodicals Postage Paid Portland, Oregon
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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