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...back a bond taken out to acquire the property, “we may have to do limited development” on the land to raise money. “But our first choice is preservation,” she said. —Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
...packet of paper that decides their housing fate. For everyone involved, housing assignments are slightly more stressful than getting your SAT scores and slightly less stressful than opening up the results to your post-spring break syphilis test. As we’ve been through this inferno before, the Bell Lap can be your latter-day Virgil and help you get a better sense of the corner of hell you’ll reside in for the next three years: Blocking Groups Unfortunately, you already picked your blocking groups and made terrible choices. Needless to say, our advice about...
...Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
Other research shows the relationship between stimulation and performance forms a bell curve: a little stimulation--whether it's coffee or a blaring soundtrack--can boost performance, but too much is stressful and causes a fall-off. In addition, the brain needs rest and recovery time to consolidate thoughts and memories. Teenagers who fill every quiet moment with a phone call or some kind of e-stimulation may not be getting that needed reprieve. Habitual multitasking may condition their brain to an overexcited state, making it difficult to focus even when they want to. "People lose the skill...
...TURNING DOWN THE NOISE ISN'T EASY. By the time many kids get to college, their devices have become extensions of themselves, indispensable social accessories. "The minute the bell rings at most big public high schools, the first thing most kids do is reach into their bag and pick up their cell phone," observes Denise Clark Pope, lecturer at the Stanford School of Education, "never mind that the person [they're contacting] could be right down the hall...