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...medications. Nothing worked. Eventually, Beddoe acted on a different idea. Without telling anyone, she weaned herself off the drugs and gradually became well again. Her psychiatrist at the time assumed he was responsible for Beddoe's recovery. She remembers watching him one day from the other side of his desk, thinking that this eminent doctor was congratulating himself on having the skill to concoct precisely the right drug regimen. "I could also see his relief," Beddoe says. "It had been a difficult case, but he'd finally cracked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bitter Pills | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

...Once the officers traced the smell to Schaffer’s room, he allowed police to enter and opened his desk drawer to hand them what appeared to be a bag of marijuana, according to the incident report filed by HUPD Officer Thomas F. Karns Jr., as reported by The Crimson...

Author: By Dan R. Rasmussen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Rarely Punishes Student Drug Use | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

Turtle Dance Inventor: Takara Availability: Now, only in Japan; about $12 each To Learn More: takaratoys.co.jp (Japanese only) It's small, it's cute and it sashays across your desk, tail wriggling. To program Walkie Bits, simply tap its shell with your finger. It can remember and mimic a rhythmic pattern of up to 15 clicks. In song mode, it bleep-bleeps Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony. But the most fun you can have with these tiny turtle robots is to race them against each other. In basic walk mode, the Walkie Bits' pace is unpredictable, so you never know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Bot Crazy | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

FROM THE MEDICAL DESK The U.S. Centers for Disease Control tracked 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases in 2004, including 2.8 million cases of chlamydia ? Americans spend more than $206 million on home pregnancy tests each year ? Greenpeace is gathering 10,000 hair samples and testing them for mercury in a project to raise awareness about the risk to fetal development of high mercury levels in women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Orders: Nov. 21, 2005 | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...once four-floor library has been reduced to one floor, with the other three floors to be used for student space. The Quad Library now features a room for stacks, a Lamont-like reading room, two group-study rooms, wireless internet, and a circulation and reserves desk. The reading room includes a variety of study spaces, including sofa chairs, work spaces, power outlets, and adjustable lighting. The library also has a self-service scanner that allows students to scan documents and save them to a USB flash drive or e-mail them for free. Additional changes include shorter hours...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quad Library Debuts | 11/8/2005 | See Source »

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