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...night before exams begin. I double-check my watch, drop my pen on my desk and slam the notebook closed. I pop the soundtrack to Hair into my roommate's CD player as he picks up his things and leaves for the library. I call my friend O., who has agreed to help me out. She's not home, so I assume that she's on her way already, and I leave the door unlocked. Kicking off my shoes, I fast-forward to track 20 on the Hair CD ("Be-In") and unzip my jeans. When O. Walks...
...People don't flock to take out books at 5 o'clock in the morning," said Richard A. Phillips '99, who works nights at the circulation desk...
...than half his age. Heck, he's got the Secret Service in his back pocket. If he can get away with the Gennifer Flowers affair, with refusing to settle with Paula Jones, with keeping his affair with Kathleen Willey out of the public eye, a little fun beneath the desk won't slip...
CALL ME SoloPoint's M-200 Mobile Phone Companion routes incoming calls from your desk to any cell phone, allowing you to listen in on messages being left on your answering machine while you're on the road. Want to talk to Mom today? Your call...
...half-past seven the lights are lit and the copy box begins its merciless accompaniment to the printer's sharp cry, "Carp-e-e." This box is primarily an invention for conveying manuscript from the desk to the printing room. From then on, the managing editor's business is to keep his head and to see that order and reason prevails in all matters concerning the paper and himself. Candidates come in with botched stories and wonderful excuses. All have to be attended to and set on the straight path promptly. Editors must need be coaxed into getting down...