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...doubt that it does. Even if the digital inventory expands far beyond the stock of out-of-copyright titles that the machine currently prints, I have to wonder whose book ownership needs are so extensive and obscure that they cannot be met by Amazon.com or the local bookstore. One answer, of course, is academics and bookworms—real constituencies, to be sure, but ones whose pent-up demand, alas, seems unlikely to revolutionize the business...
Finding appropriate places to meet up for group studying can be notoriously difficult on campus. Libraries do not permit talking, Lamont Cafe and dhalls can be obnoxiously crowded and loud, and available classrooms are few and far between. However, the Harvard library system has come up with a potential answer to this problem: the Collaborative Learning Space in Lamont B-30, which opened today...
...answer, I believe, lies in our liberal hubris. I know, because I myself have been guilty of it. When I was accepted into Harvard, I rejoiced at the prospect of joining a liberal, intellectual community. There, I thought, everyone would be politically correct, sophisticated, and physically fit. I would easily be able to find non-pork options in restaurants. Boston, the birthplace of our revolution, would be even more vibrant than Atlanta. Basically, whatever I had in Atlanta I would find in Boston and Cambridge several degrees better (except as regards the weather...
...Some analysts say that while the deeper issue of Muslims' assimilation into Swiss society must be addressed, the SVP's confrontational tactics are not the answer. "The dialogue is important because it alleviates fears and suspicion," says Stephane Lathion, president of the Group of Researchers on Islam in Switzerland and author of a book on the minaret debate. "But is provocation the only way to raise this sensitive issue and bring about tangible solutions?" (Read "Identity Crisis for the Swiss...
...apart faster than you can say settlement freeze - in no small part because President Barack Obama began his effort by saying settlement freeze. On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton found herself struggling to persuade skeptical Arab foreign ministers to see the silver lining in Israel's "No, but ..." answer to the U.S. demand that Israel halt all construction in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. At least Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was offering to restrain settlement activity, Clinton said, but Arab leaders, whom Obama had hoped would make reciprocal gestures toward normalization of ties with Israel, were...