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Finally, a long-term goal of REP is to encourage life-long sustainable habits in Harvard students. A large-scale light-bulb swap is currently underway to have students switch from traditional bulbs to compact fluorescent lights...
Harvard’s students are particularly primed for narcissism. (How many Harvard students does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. He holds the light bulb and the world revolves around him.) We wrote admissions essays about how special we are and were admitted because someone believed them. Harvard, with its culture of hyper-achievement, is the perfect breeding ground for self-obsession and all its perils. We must bear not just our own narcissism but also the disappointment of being standouts for our entire lives only to arrive at college and become merely average...
...group was sent on their way. 1:11 a.m.—An officer was dispatched to a report of a flashing light on the second floor of Paine Hall, 3 Kirkland Street in Cambridge. The officer arrived and reported that the flashing light was in fact a light bulb and all is in order. 4:51 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to a report of an unwanted guest in Holyoke Center. Officers arrived and located the individual who was unconscious and breathing. The individual was known to the HUPD for having a trespass warning and they were...
...Late last month, California Assemblyman Jim Levine introduced the bill, which would ban traditional incandescent bulbs from California by 2012. The goal is to force Californians to replace their scalding-hot, energy-wasting bulbs with more efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). You might’ve seen these new bulbs: they look like a fluorescent tube-shaped bulb curled up into a small coil about the size of, well, a light bulb. (As I look up from my computer, I’m happy to report that the chandeliers in the Adams House library are all using CFLs...
...women prisoners were housed. The guard took me to a cell, then pushed the bolt back with a loud clang. I looked around the room, and my heart sank. Cobwebs dangled from the ceiling; the once whitewashed walls were yellow with age and streaked with dust. The single naked bulb was coated with grime and extremely dim. Patches of the cement floor were black with dampness. A strong musty smell pervaded the air. I hastened to open the only small window, with its rust-pitted iron bars. When I succeeded in pulling the knob and the window swung open, flakes...