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...previous event, a Halloween party, had about 50 students show up. Stephen R. Barchick ’09 added some spice to the night when he agreed to take his shirt off for a bid of $40. After the event was over, students enjoyed a snack of chocolate chip cookies and juice, and many conversed with their new dates. “It was fun, humiliating, and funny at the same time,” said contestant Meera E. Atreya ’09. “Even though it was humiliating, it was for a good cause...

Author: By Dina Guzovsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Date Auction Earns $500 for Charity | 12/19/2005 | See Source »

...Cool New World Your article "biochips for everyone!", on computer microchips that can be implanted in humans, set off alarm bells [Nov. 14]. While each chip contains a personal ID number that could be scanned like a bar code and provide needed medical data, there is a serious danger. The government or anyone smart enough to hack a security system could end up using biochips to track a person's movements and activities. Should biochips become commonly used, people might then be forced to have them implanted. And if that happened, anyone who did not have a biochip could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

Dreyfus and Morgan Stanley Investment Management are beefing up their analyst ranks in a nod to American Funds' research-driven culture. Putnam Investments now has teams of managers. Even Fidelity has added a second manager to its Blue Chip Value Fund and is hiring 75 analysts who will be aligned with specific funds. "Individual manager accountability is still the Fidelity way," says spokeswoman Anne Crowely. But Philadelphia-based mutual fund consultant Burt Greenwald says the firm is searching for ways to improve returns: "No question, Fidelity is feeling the heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the No-Star Team | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...success would be based not on profits alone but on the more important goal of user satisfaction. Rachel Somodi Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. The Cool New World Your article "Biochips For Everyone!", on computer microchips that can be implanted in humans, set off alarm bells [Nov. 14]. While each chip contains a personal ID number that could be scanned like a bar code and provide needed medical data, there is a serious danger. The government or anyone smart enough to hack a security system could end up using biochips to track a person's movements and activities. People might then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Streets of Fire | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...minutes remained in the half, with the Terriers hanging on to a 20-16 lead. The teams traded baskets for much of the opening frame, with the BU lead swelling to nine twice—at 14-5 and 18-9—before the Crimson began to chip away.Then, trailing 28-22, Harvard used an 8-0 run to grab its first lead of the game with 2:25 remaining in the half, going ahead 30-28 on a free throw by Stehle. Both Stehle and freshman guard Drew Housman, who finished with 12 points and five steals...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BU Scorches Nets, Men's Basketball | 12/7/2005 | See Source »

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