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...find that we don’t know something, instead of mindlessly concluding incompetence, we might ask why we don’t know it and realize that we are probably not alone in that particular ignorance. The more we hide, the more we feel that we don’t really belong at a place like Harvard. Useful information about course content and campus life is not availed to us and deadening mindlessness replaces authenticity...
...counterterrorism official, however, says the Saudi government has demonstrated a lack of openness in some areas, causing him to wonder what it has to hide. For example, the official tells TIME, the Saudis have denied U.S. officials access to several suspects in custody, including a Saudi in detention for months who had knowledge of extensive plans to inject poison gas in the New York City subway system. U.S. officials want to talk to him to determine how far the plot advanced and whether he had associates in the U.S. The Saudis have provided no detailed information about...
...variable, making it hard to spot. Singapore's newest patient, for example, had a fever and a dry cough but lacked the telltale pneumonia of most cases. Even the best early diagnostic tests are slow and at most 80% reliable. The good news is that China, which tried to hide the extent of its outbreak last spring, has a new attitude. Guangdong has begun regularly sharing its infectious disease data with Hong Kong, and the WHO is helping to set up a national SARS surveillance system that will streamline medical reporting...
...affected Harvard students’ ever-bemoaned social lives in a more tangible way, too. As the march of the virus continued to make oh-so-convenient online communications an interminable chore, maybe SoBig moved a few to ignore their natural tendencies. At a school where many choose to hide away in cramped dorm rooms and conduct all interpersonal communications via a keyboard and an LCD screen, is it so lamentable if the bug’s author pushed a few ivy-leaguers out of their caves...
...registrar becomes a lightning rod when major system changes are being introduced,” he says. “You can’t hide the things that go wrong because they affect students’ everyday lives. A registrar’s office intersects with faculty and student lives in ways that most people don’t think about too much. When these intersections are disrupted, for whatever reason, they tend to draw a lot of attention...