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...Xbox 360 is a great machine. Hard-core gamers like it because it's got decent graphics and a great online service and it's developer-friendly, so there are lots of good games for it. But to compete seriously with the Wii, the Xbox has to expand outside the hard-core gaming scene too. It needs casual gamers, and that's where it has a problem. Non-hard-core gamers have trouble using the Xbox controller. It has two joysticks, two triggers, two bumper buttons and a bunch of other buttons besides. It takes time to learn. Their little...
...Freshman orientation workshops: Freshman orientation is a wonderful entrée to the exciting world of ideas and an opportunity not only to warm up one’s intellectual muscles but also to engage with one’s incredibly interesting and diverse peers. Harvard should expand its current orientation programs to encompass a series of workshops on diversity, including socioeconomic diversity, and on being sensitive to the first-generation college-goers in the classroom. Workshop leaders might include high-profile alumni and current students who came from these backgrounds, and testimonials from roommates, teammates, and others they encountered...
...negotiated, a bill came before the Massachussetts state legislature proposing the construction of a 40-acre platform over the Charles River Basin near MIT, which would provide space for “apartments, research firms, or other industrial buildings”—and would expand the tax base for the City.The land’s desirability meant that Cambridge real estate tended to carry a hefty price tag. In 1959, Harvard offered to pay around $4 million, or the equivalent of $5 per square foot, plus an additional $1 million for the property. University officials said...
Owner Matthew Wallace said that the new location’s purpose was to expand (of course), as well as draw some of the crowd away from the other location. “This new location’s aim is to be more family oriented, as well as stroller and handicap friendly. Our old location was mostly frequented by Harvard students, and more convenient for Harvard students. A lot of families that lived near by had to come pretty...
...Kedge Martin, the CEO of Sentebale, says the recession presents challenges for all charities, and denies that Sentebale has been hit especially hard. "We're a strong and robust organization," she says. "The focus for that bank year had been to expand our work on the ground and to reach out to even more children and families. There wasn't a focus on fund raising...