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...There has been no significant support from the College to start a support group for sexual assault survivors, to strengthen the role of Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment (SASH) advisors, survey the student body on the prevalence of sexual assault, or simply talk more about the issue," says Rabia S. Belt '01, a former member of the coalition and the managing editor of the liberal monthly Perspective...
...easy. But now, as if in a sci-fi flick, doctors have developed a tiny camera in a capsule that patients swallow and send on a painless info-gathering voyage through the gut. As contractions move it along, the mini-endoscope transmits detailed color images to a belt worn by the patient; then they're downloaded to a computer. Downside? Doctors can't maneuver the capsule to get a closer look. And FDA approval isn't expected for years...
...optimism runs the risk of sounding like Ronald Reagan in his fable of the invincibly sunny child who searched for a Christmas pony in the manure pile. A person must have access to optimism--not often an available grace in areas of great poverty and disease (the African AIDS belt, for example). And it depends what the object of your optimism is. An optimist who hopes to start a flourishing small business is different from an optimist who hopes to blow himself to heaven by driving a car bomb into the Great Satan's military barracks...
...future, a soldier will wear a smart uniform, a smart helmet, smart boots and a belt pack carrying his own heating and cooling system as well as a power generator. Instead of hauling bulky rations, he will get nutrients through a transdermal patch and drink water from a pack on his back...
...advent of Jesus Week and the organization of several different Christian groups for a common purpose made me realize the growing presence of religion at Harvard. Coming from the Bible Belt, I was not only raised in a very religious environment (Southern Baptist), but also raised as a very religious person (Hindu). In Augusta, Ga., everyone went to their designated church/temple/mosque on Sundays for some "ol' fashioned religion." While I was aware of certain other faiths, there were only two religions that really mattered: "mine" and "theirs." By the end of high school, I was accustomed to people occasionally looking...