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...cell phone reception in the Quad. Harvard administrators have concluded that installing an antenna would not detract aesthetically from the Quad area, the message said, since all equipment would be “blended” into existing buildings and would not be obtrusive to a “casual observer.” Nelson wrote in the message that the team “does not anticipate major delays” and expects to have a fully functional permanent antenna in place by the summer of 2010. In the meantime, a cell on wheels...
...literature I received welcomed me to the class of 2010—the freshman class that year, not the class I would actually be entering. Harvard treated its transfers both as transfers and as students older than freshmen. At the champagne brunch in Annenberg earlier this spring, acquaintances and casual friends asked what freshman entryway I had lived in. When I told them I had transferred here, they were completely surprised. It’s a shame to see something that Harvard did so well fall by the wayside...
...gamers like it because it's got decent graphics and a great online service and it's developer-friendly, so there are lots of good games for it. But to compete seriously with the Wii, the Xbox has to expand outside the hard-core gaming scene too. It needs casual gamers, and that's where it has a problem. Non-hard-core gamers have trouble using the Xbox controller. It has two joysticks, two triggers, two bumper buttons and a bunch of other buttons besides. It takes time to learn. Their little thumbs get all confused...
...revealed incidents ranging from criminal assault to inappropriate joking on the part of male authority figures, was unable to offer a single, comprehensive definition of sexual harassment for campus officials.According to Verba, one challenge of creating a sexual harassment policy, then, was to distinguish between criminal offenses and more casual cases of insensitivity, while at the same time discouraging both with equal seriousness.Verba’s work was a pivotal component of the effort to raise awareness on campus and encourage a shift away from the passive recognition of previous generations toward outspoken condemnation.“We were...
...binge-drinking crowd is always going to find alcohol. But casual drinkers suddenly couldn’t have drinks at a party,” he added...