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...Quad Library will extend its hours and increase its reserves, Harvard College Libraries (HCL) announced last Thursday. The announcement came on the heels of a protest last week by a Quad-based advocacy group, Quad United Against (Library) Discrimination (QUAD). The protest occurred simultaneously with a celebration of Lamont Library’s new 24-hour service that drew over 1,500 students. Beginning Nov. 5, the Quad Library will be open on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will increase its coursepack reserves, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Management Marilyn Wood wrote...
...that its diesel hybrid is 10% to 15% more fuel efficient than a full gasoline hybrid. The company says it is "close to market" with the new vehicle. BMW is closer. The Bavarian company says it plans to introduce a type of mild hybrid system next year, and may extend it to the entire product line. Next up is General Motors, which plans to roll out a hybrid version of the Saturn Vue next summer and offer hybrid versions of lumbering sport-utility vehicles such as the Chevrolet Suburban by 2007. Volkswagen and Porsche also have announced plans to introduce...
...look for movies that stress heart over art. The three breakout foreign-language hits of the '90s--Cinema Paradiso and Il Postino from Italy and Like Water for Chocolate from Mexico--are nice romantic dramas about love and loss. They were brilliantly promoted by Miramax. But they didn't extend film language as Fellini's or Godard's films did; instead, they gave audiences that warm-puppy feeling. Any Disney movie can do that. So can many of the American independent films that have filled the old foreign-language slots at art houses. And you don't have to read...
...sepia-tinted prairie photograph recalls turn-of-the-century daguerreotypes, and its focus—a laundry line—is a similarly archaic piece of technology. The liner notes reveal that Young’s atavistic tendencies extend to the studio: “Prairie” was recorded and mixed on analog equipment...
...Later on in the evening, some UC members expressed support for QUAD’s efforts. UC Representative John S. Haddock ’06, who was instrumental in the campaign to extend Lamont’s hours, later said he plans to focus his attention on the Quad Library this year...