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...Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, already supports the program. She wants it grounded better in the law, but she isn't calling for its end. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi takes in effect the same position: "What she is saying is that you need to follow the law when you do this critical work," explained a spokesman...
Before they arrive for the whirlwind of Freshman Week, starry-eyed first-years are mailed the blandly-titled booklet “Conversations with Faculty and Staff: Readings for Freshman,” that includes essays by Emerson, Ellison, and Jane Adams. Harvard thus seems to be the ivy-clad place where students are not simply educated, but are taught to view the ethical implications and obligations of their education. You know, the weighty stuff.Upon arriving, freshmen are treated to a brief lecture and hour-long discussion on the essays, which are then quickly tossed aside in favor of more...
...Drink and be spiritual”—that’s Jane Ross’ spin on the old hedonist’s motto. Eschewing the stuffy quarters of the All Saints Episcopalian Parish in Brookline, Ross has taken her weekly Christian discussion group from the House of God to the Publik House Beer Bar and Kitchen. Every Saturday afternoon, before heading to the church’s five o’clock Celtic service, parishioners talk religion over a frothy pint of imported ale. It’s not you’re typical church group...
Steven Pinker and Jane Goodall love gooey treats. According to research assistant Fiery A. Cushman ’03, “Marshmallows are bar-none their favorite things on earth.” Pinker and Goodall live in Harvard’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory along with about 25 other monkeys named after prominent scientists and researchers. The monkeys—both endangered cotton-top tamarins and common marmosets—live a peaceful co-existence under the direction of Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser. Hauser, who founded the lab on the tenth floor of William James Hall...
...begins producing male sex hormones that bathe his brain in testosterone for the rest of his gestation,” which, of course, “wires the male brain differently.” How can you blame a guy for playing a violent video game instead of reading Jane Austen when our brains have been soaked in testosterone? Personally, I find it very frustrating to discover that my brain has been “bathed” with a hormone the primary goal of which is to drive us to fight, have sex, and watch the NFL, while girls...