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...possibilities lead to "the right destination," metaphorically or in real life.  Didn't plenty of mariners end up wrecked on the rocks?  Was that the "right destination" for them? In the real world, have no Harvard undergrads ever regretted their concentration choice? In fact, if it's impossible to go wrong, what is the point of this "Fortnight" in the first place...

Author: By Maxwell L. Child | Title: Frisbees Are Apparently a More Useful Advising Tool Than the Q Guide | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

This month, high-school seniors across the country are deciding where to spend their next four years, and anyone who fought through the droves of tour groups crowding the yard last Friday knows they’re doing their research. Every college, after all, is different—in fact, too much so, according to educators in some states...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Higher Standards? | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...fifth-grade teacher must have experienced an unusual level of confusion as she prepared seating charts and memorized names 15 years ago. Our class of 25 had two “Heidi H”s, a difficulty exacerbated by the fact that they shared not only the same appearance (blonde, blue-eyed) but also the same full name: there was Heidi Hansen, who played violin, and Heidi Hanson, the gymnast. In high school, the main office dealt with the problem matter-of-factly by announcing them on the intercom as “Heidi Hansen...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky | Title: Matters of the Heart(land) | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...soon. "It's not just here - I don't want Denny's to feel bad," says Blakovich, 46. "I'm cutting back everywhere, not going out as much at all. The economy sucks." Despite the best efforts of Denny's, free food and hungry drunks can't change that fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denny's: Where the Food Is Free and Drunks Can Pee | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

...more complex, teleological approach, some argued, "There is nothing a spoon can do that a spork cannot. Thus, a spork is a spoon." Indeed, "The spork is the love child of the spoon and the fork. It's like asking if a mule is a donkey." In fact, some stated, the spork is but a "damaged" spoon that has been "purposefully altered"—but still retains its inherent spoon-ness...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Spork That Over | 4/11/2009 | See Source »

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