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...part, he has been “pleased” with his correspondence and that e-mail facilitated student-professor communication. “For the most part, e-mail helps student-professor relationships,” Gabrielse said. “There are some Harvard students that are afraid to talk to a professor about anything,” Gabrielse said. “E-mail provides a way to break down those barriers.” He credited the student support available at Harvard for cutting down on inappropriate e-mail, citing Physics Night at Leverett House...

Author: By Nicholas A. Ciani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Netiquette 'Just About Right' | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

YOUR PETA VIDEO IS HAUNTING. WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE CATCHING ON TO ANIMAL RIGHTS? I'm impressed that you watched it. I think people are afraid of the reality of how fur and leather get to us. For fashion they turn a blind eye to suffering. They need educating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stella McCartney | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...Middle Eastern second-generation immigrant who has become completely Americanized in the Beverly Hills mold. Weitz knows he’s being ridiculous (or at least, one hopes he does), but in this self-conscious political incorrectness lies the movies marvelous humor. If you aren’t afraid to laugh at yourself, this is a movie not to be missed. Bottom Line: This light, funny satire works because it doesn’t take its own criticisms too seriously.—Reviewer Dina Guzovsky can be reached at dguzovsk@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Dina Guzovsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: American Dreamz | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...punishing those who have already commited terrorists acts, Roth said. Roth said that most useful information about terrorist attacks is gathered from the general public. Legalizing torture, he said, would make people more reluctant to help the police since people who oppose the tactic might be afraid that the information they provide could lead to the torture of an individual. He added that legalizing torture would not deter new attacks because it would lead to rage in the home countries of terrorists—possibly leading to more terrorists. As for his third point, Roth said that legalization does...

Author: By Natia Kvachantiradze, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Roth Denounces Legalizing Torture | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

...wind," signs of distrust soon emerged. Liang Qichao, a Chinese reformer who visited the U.S. in 1903, expressed concern about American imperialist tendencies. After reading President Teddy Roosevelt's comments on the need for a greater U.S. role in the Pacific, Liang wrote: "I could not stop feeling afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What China Really Thinks of the U.S. | 4/17/2006 | See Source »

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