Books --Self-described philosopher-comedians Tom Cathcart and Daniel Klein discuss Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington. Imagine Jon Stewart after he stops shouting "Whaaaa??" takes some time off for a philosophy PhD, and returns to TV. Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm, free. --Find out why Drew Gilpin Faust is the president of Harvard, and you're not. Faust will discuss her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War at the Harvard Coop......

Scarlett Johansson was honored as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year today in Cambridge. She was cause of more traffic snarls in the Harvard Square area than the icy road conditions yesterday's storm brought. The festivities began with a parade through the streets of Harvard Square followed by a roast at Agassiz Theatre and a press conference, both on Radcliffe Yard. Being the Year of the Woman 2.0 (madam speaker Nancy Pelosi,......

The rumor mill is working overtime about Harvard's next president. And it doesn't look like the Lampoon is behind the latest rumors, although it would be pretty entertaining if it were. If the rumors are true, Drew Gilpin Faust, who teaches in the history department and who is dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will be taking the job. IvyGateBlog is already having a ball with mock headlines, such as "TRUSTEES CONFUSED......