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...can’t put my finger on the day I fell in love with Harvard, but I can tell that the feeling is stronger now than ever before. In part it’s because I took last semester abroad and realized while I was away just how much I missed being here. Mostly, though, it’s because this is senior year, and I’m realizing that in June I’ll have to leave this place and all of its magic behind. But, of course, they say it’s better...
Turtle Dance Inventor: Takara Availability: Now, only in Japan; about $12 each To Learn More: takaratoys.co.jp (Japanese only) It's small, it's cute and it sashays across your desk, tail wriggling. To program Walkie Bits, simply tap its shell with your finger. It can remember and mimic a rhythmic pattern of up to 15 clicks. In song mode, it bleep-bleeps Leopold Mozart's Toy Symphony. But the most fun you can have with these tiny turtle robots is to race them against each other. In basic walk mode, the Walkie Bits' pace is unpredictable, so you never know...
...light of Tuesday’s cancellation of the Wyclef concert, Harvard students have a right to be upset about spending $30,000 and getting nothing in return. Many members of the Undergraduate Council (UC) are frustrated too. While there is a temptation to turn that frustration towards fruitless finger-pointing, we see this as an opportunity to channel our dissatisfaction towards more productive ends. Like UC Vice President Clay Clapp said in The Crimson yesterday, we agree that “a big priority will be to reevaluate and overhaul the way the UC is involved in social programming...
...Where the System Broke Down I can tell you who is responsible for the incompetent Katrina recovery operation: government, at all levels [Sept. 19]. But the real question is not who is to blame but how changes can be made so that this never happens again. Finger pointing doesn't solve any problems. Ryan Lum Ottawa...
...report on things as they are in Italy, because who in the world would have the courage to call his country a "Land Without Shame" - or honor or heart? There is, however, plenty of material evidence that things are not so terrific in other countries either. But somehow finger pointing has always been easier than self-criticism, and shameful, despicable things always seem to happen elsewhere. Antonio Andriollo Grasse, France...