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...easier than theirs. That's partly because I have some tools they lack, but it's also because I think I know an abyss when I see one. Facebook is one giant time vortex--a black hole of chatter--and for many kids it's hard to find an exit. Under its influence, 90 minutes of homework ends up taking four to five hours, says Dr. Alan Goodwin, principal of Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Md. Those sites are "a huge distraction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gen-M: A Dad's Encounter with The Vortex of Facebook | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

...their money where their mouth is, so to speak, and forgo special tax treatment. With the extra tax revenue thus collected, Massachusetts could augment its non-discriminatory state-run adoption services more than enough to compensate for the Catholic Charities’ most un-Christian decision to exit the adoption field—without compromising the state’s commitment to non-discrimination. JONAH M. KNOBLER ’03 Cambridge, Mass. March...

Author: By Jonah M. Knobler, | Title: Mass. Should Revoke Church’s Tax-Exempt Status | 3/17/2006 | See Source »

...office hours. Set things on fire. Exit...

Author: By Michelle R. Cerulli and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: 15 Things to Do If You've Handed in Your Thesis | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...that phrase, “walled garden,” has complicated connotations, both historically and in the context of media outlets. Online, it has come to suggest monopoly and content lock-in (that is, practices designed to maintain even unhappy customers by constructing barriers to exit) as much as it has privacy: America Online (AOL) was referred to in the mid 90s as a walled garden because they denied their subscribers access to the Internet at large and denied outsiders access to the content created within. This made it difficult for AOL users to leave and enjoy the fruits...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline | Title: CampusTrap? | 3/14/2006 | See Source »

...loaded with uncertainties but possessing immeasurable potential.The rotation is hampered by the loss of two key, experienced starters from a season ago. Mike Morgalis graduated and Frank Herrmann chose to forego his senior season to sign a professional contract with the Cleveland Indians organization.Herrmann’s early exit, especially, stings the teammates he left behind in Cambridge. “We would have loved to have Frank come back,” sophomore Shawn Haviland says. “I think that if Frank had come back, not to say that we still can?...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL '06: Any Questions? | 3/7/2006 | See Source »

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