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...global communications networks crash-as they did spectacularly on Dec. 26 when an earthquake off Taiwan's coast damaged seven undersea fiber-optic cables that handle some 90% of phone calls and data traffic in the region. Millions of homes and businesses across Asia were left without Internet access, e-mail and international phone connections. Financial markets were interrupted. And those lucky enough to connect to overseas websites experienced exasperatingly sluggish data-transfer speeds. While most services have been at least partially restored, a flotilla of repair vessels is expected to be working on the knocked-out cables...
...said that she is looking forward to the experience. “The trip will take us across the country, and will be a great time to reflect on both my personal connection to Israel and its place in a global context,” Charlap wrote in an e-mail. “I look forward to many days and nights of great conversation, and probably not enough sleep.” —Staff writer Daniela Nemerenco can be reached at dnemeren@fas.harvard.edu...
Last Friday, applicants to Harvard’s next class received e-mail notification of their admissions decision in December for what will likely be the final time. Three months ago, Harvard announced that it would terminate its flawed and unfair early action program, which lets students who submit applications by Nov. 1 get a response by Dec. 15. At the time, we said that Harvard had taken responsible action on behalf of students which should be a model for other universities. Although few schools have followed suit, we still hope that more colleges will follow Harvard?...
...getting reports. All of them ended in September.” Students, however, say they have been vocal about the vermin their midst. “There are always plenty of complaints about the [cockroach] issue,” Jessica R. Rosenfeld ’07 wrote in an e-mail. Rosenfeld, herself a former Lowell resident, is currently taking a semester abroad in Argentina, but felt strongly enough about the cause contra cockroaches to write a letter to The Crimson in late September decrying the College’s handling of the pest problem. E-mailing from an Argentinean...
...history circles. The collection includes more than 20 maps by the 17th century French military engineer and cartographer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan, whose works were used as “authoritative” depictions of Ukrainian borderlands for at least 150 years, Seegel wrote in an e-mail. Krawciw’s collection also boasts rare maps of Crimean War battle plans and propaganda maps. “One of Krawciw’s rules of thumb—which he seemed to have violated occasionally—was that he never wanted to spend more than...