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Reeling from the loss of University-funded booze, Harvard undergraduates faced yet another personal invasion last week—a violation of their inboxes. The brothers of Theta Delta Chi (TDC), a fraternity from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), added to Harvard students’ ever-growing spam levels when they emailed a large portion of the undergraduate population invitations to a “Fuckin’ Spookalicious Pre-Halloween Party.” Katherine M. Bringsjord ’09, while wary of the E-vite, laughed at the cyber-booty call. “I just think...
...Faust’s appointment has made ripples as far away as the Yangtze River Delta...
...Yard Operations installed new showerheads in Greenough, Hurlbut, and Pennypacker Halls at the beginning of this month. They were also installed in Dunster, Leverett, and Mather Houses this summer, and are in the process of being added to the remaining dorms. The new showerheads, manufactured by Indianapolis, Ind.-based Delta Faucet Company, use 1.6 gallons of water per minute instead of the 2.5 gallons expended by standard showerheads, according to Paul J. Hegarty, the building manager of Leverett House. The company touts on its Web site that its product provides a shower that “actually feels like...
...electrical generators, are up 15-20% over last year, and domestic gas reserves are too small to meet demand. Vietnam is planning nuclear power plants, but the first won't be ready until 2020. Coal, on the other hand, is readily available. The country's northern Red River delta has some 30 billion tons of coal reserves - enough to generate electricity for 100 years. "If we could have the same economic development and still ensure the environment - well, of course we'd all pick that," says Long. "But there's no other way than coal...
...under the Open Skies agreement, drawn up by Washington and Brussels, starting early next year any E.U. airline will have the right to fly to any city in the U.S., and vice versa. With U.S. rivals Delta and Continental expected to invade Heathrow next year, "BA's business-class fare is going to be under considerable pressure," says JPMorgan's Avery...