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...here’s your typical Craigslist ad: “Masc, muscular, discreet Harvard jock here looking to hang out with another masc Harvard dude.” I am neither masculine, nor muscular, nor terribly discreet about anything, but these seem to be the requirements. I couldn’t very well hope for success if I posted, “Skinny dorky Jewish flamer seeks fleeting sexual gratification from Harvard jock fantasy,” and so I’ve found myself manufacturing a Craigslist alter ego. In Craigsworld, when my faceless torso photo lures some...

Author: By Ben Kawaller | Title: Rummaging in Craig’s Closet | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...Artist Jeff Clapp turns discarded aluminum oxygen canisters from Mt. Everest into decorative bells for $2,400 a pop. The leftover aluminum shavings make a nice tree ornament that someone might actually buy (the "Everest" balls are $48 for four at Eco-Artware.com). Or save your money and hang items from around the house-Barbie's accessories, Pez dispensers-using hemp twine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Have a Green Christmas | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

Borges, who died in 1986, seems to hang over Lame Duck Books as a sort of spiritual guide: the store is decorated with numerous portraits and sculptures of the writer, and Wronoski’s new art gallery, recently opened next door on Arrow Street, is called “Pierre Menard...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...salt--and turning their attention, rather, to the grains of polonium 210 that are at the center of the case. This is no garden-variety poison: polonium needs a nuclear reactor to cook it up and extremely careful handling. At first, the discovery of the element seemed to hang responsibility on the Kremlin. Russia is a big producer of polonium (although its annual output, less than a hundred grams a year, shows just how rare it is). The element is hard to procure. In the U.S., it takes a government license to buy more than minute quantities, and according...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Spy Who Knew Too Much | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...able to actually accomplish something.” Miller’s roommate, John P. Chambers ’07, describes him as “always running from one meeting to another.” “It’s cool that we can still hang out, though. He knows how to keep his work on the back burner and just have fun, but he also knows how to follow through,” Chambers added. Miller has been involved in numerous student environmental groups on campus, but cites his work on the renewable energy referendum...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Wins Third Scholarship This Year | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

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