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When all else fails, blame the tourists. The online Idea Bank, Harvard College and FAS’s newest brainchild, launched last week. In the words of Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds, transmitted via e-mail to students across campus, the project aims “to creatively [resolve] Harvard’s budget deficit problems”— and it doesn’t disappoint this reliable mantra...

Author: By Rachel T. Lipson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cashing in on the Idea Bank: Are We Bankrupt? | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...tells his staff over and over again, "Don't look back in anger." Several of his former advisers say he is still sore at many of his fellow Republicans who mocked his selection of Palin or who McCain believes did not work overtime to help him. His friends blame the media and the economy for McCain's loss, while former aides grumble about Palin and the general embarrassment she engendered for the GOP. By all accounts, McCain - who declined to include Palin on a list of potential 2012 candidates during a Tonight Show appearance in April - is dreading what Palin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John McCain: Can He Mend Fences with the Right? | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...ready for public consumption, and researchers think that even if future trials confirm its utility, it may never reach the market. That's due in part to legal hurdles - drugmakers fear that patients who take an addiction drug, then later overdose or develop another ailment, like cancer, may lay blame on the vaccine. Addiction experts also caution that no drug-based addiction treatment is a panacea, and that behavior-based quit programs must play a role. "It's good that they're doing this research, but we need to temper our enthusiasm," says Carl Hart, associate professor of psychology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Hopes for a Cocaine Vaccine | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...forward to Gmail (as any sane and organized person would), ran into unexpected trouble over the weekend. Students noticed that some of their e-mails were not being forwarded properly to their Gmail accounts. And in a surprising twist, Google—not FAS IT—was to blame...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer | Title: Some E-mails Deleted in Gmail Forwarding SNAFU | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...buck—except fire a dean. Two years ago, REP was encouraged to track temperatures in rooms for the manager of building systems so he could see which were too warm and then lower their heat—and save money. When students shivered, REP got the blame. The administration may again be using REP as a front man for its cuts...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Drop the Napkins, Punk! | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

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