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...lines, Kroll attributes the general wireless satisfaction in the Quad—with Pforzheimer House topping at 73 percent satisfied and only 14 percent dissatisfied—to the fact that its buildings are more “regularly shaped,” and can thus be covered with fewer access points.Despite the fact that dissatisfaction reports show a stark contrast between the River Houses and the Quad, Selsby claims that the reports of wireless problems to the IT help desk show no “actual difference.”“It may be that they?...
...Houses this year.Associate Dean for Residential Life, Suzy M. Nelson declined to comment for this story yesterday.The announcement comes just two days before Housing Day, when current freshmen will be placed into one of 12 upperclassmen Houses.Just two weeks ago, Dunster announced that the House will receive fewer freshmen in the housing lottery, increasing the number of singles and easing the burden on the cramped quarters.College administrators have remained tight-lipped about where these students will be relocated.In stark contrast to the developments in Winthrop, residents of Lowell House can expect more senior suites, said Elizabeth Terry, a house administrator...
...With the introduction of the C1, this is really what we stand for and what our true identity is. It's about being unexpected, modern and innovative." The C1's price, starting at $9,400, is a jump above the brand's old median, and smaller production runs and fewer outlets?just 2,000 pieces in 2008 and 25 dealers in the U.S.?are further signs of Concord's new direction. Down the road, expect a C2 and, for the deep-pocketed collector, limited-edition watches that will cost from...
...locate the sense of humor in an anatomical region conspicuously absent from the average female. Indeed, in 2007, researchers found that women expect less from jokes than men do. They laugh more and at weaker punchlines than their male counterparts, although, when pressed, they admit that they find fewer things actually funny. There are, apparently, evolutionary reasons for this—for males competing to pass along their genes, a sense of humor belonged in the arsenal right next to mammoth-hunting and the ability to make strange noises with their armpits. The strength of a man?...
Researchers compared 1990s and 1980s data from death certificates, the U.S. Census, and a national mortality study and found that while Americans with 12 or more years of education saw increases in life expectancy throughout those decades, their peers with fewer years of schooling did not see an increase in the 1990s...