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Internet access has opened Korea to a flood of smut from around the world. Homegrown Internet porn is still rare but Korean IJ sites?which initially presented themselves as talk shows?have proliferated in recent months, putting titillating images and dirty talk, in Korean, just a keyboard stroke away from any kid with a computer. That's alarmed this socially conservative country where twentysomething women living at home have curfews and parents still try to arrange marriages for their children. News reports earlier this year of teenagers selling child porn online have heightened concern over what the conservative Chosun Ilbo...
...Staff writer Joseph P. Flood can be reached at flood@fas.harvard.edu...
...While it has taken scientists years to figure out the clinical pharmacology and neurological impact of ecstasy and other designer drugs like ketamine, methamphetamines are a blunt pharmaceutical instrument. The drug encourages the brain to flood the synapses with the neurotransmitter dopamine?the substance your body uses to reward itself when you, say, complete a difficult assignment at the office or finish a vigorous workout. And when the brain is awash with dopamine, the whole cardiovascular system goes into sympathetic overdrive, increasing your heart rate, pulse and even your respiration. You become, after that first hit of speed, gloriously, brilliantly...
This weekend junior parents will flood campus as they come in droves for a few days to observe and live vicariously through their sons and daughters. There will be many panels, speeches and meetings to present the administration's idea of what life at Harvard is really like. But when the administrators ask for questions, parents often wonder what they should say. Thus, as a service to junior parents, we are providing a list of questions to take with you to your panel discussions and official welcomes. And should you encounter an administrator over the course of this weekend, flag...
...Staff writer Joseph P. Flood can be reached at flood@fas.harvard.edu...