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...life? I definitely had a little bit of that when I can back from one of the Esperanto conferences. I had gotten very used to these little set phrases like jes, the Esperanto word for "yes." I would be ordering a sandwich at the counter, and the cashier would ask, "Do you want a bag for that?" I'd say, "Jes," with this weird pronunciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arika Okrent: Speaking Klingon | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

Like a lot of architects, Piano grimaces when people ask him about his style. "I hate the idea," he says. "It's a dangerous thing, a rubber stamp you put on the world." What he believes in, he says, "is the value of transparency and light. This is not a style. This is just an attitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago's Art Institute Expands, with Elegance | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...most recent episode, "Closets and Crushes," the basement hallway of the Science Center becomes the place for awkward pasty boys to ask girls who just want to "rage" out on a "date" to a "rad pre-med thing...party, party!" All we know is that, in our years at Harvard, literally nothing worth recollecting has happened in that hallway with the two vending machines and the IT equipment...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Harvard Drama Never Seemed So Real | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard is full of brilliant minds and creative thinkers. While it would have been preferable for the administration to ask for student feedback before these announced changes, it is still worthwhile to solicit solutions or compromises that will keep students safe within budgetary restrictions. Despite the outcry on campus through private and public e-mails from students, parents, faculty, and alumni, as yet, a week after the announced cuts, we have received no sign that the administration is listening. MIT is leading a similar budget-cut initiative and is trying to incorporate community feedback, even streamlining the process of recognizing...

Author: By Tessa K. Lyons-laing and Logan R. Ury | Title: Stranded by the River | 5/17/2009 | See Source »

...Facebook event initially hosted by Flores and now hosted by "Harvard Students, Faculty, and Staff" has been created for the rally. HoCo chairs said they also plan to ask their House Masters to take part...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Leaders Plan Rally Against Budget Cut Process | 5/15/2009 | See Source »

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