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...automatic response to each and every email that you receive, creating the illusion that you are actually a functioning human being. Something like, “Dear friend, I’m currently undergoing a personal crisis and will be unable to respond to e-mail until my meds kick in and/or the ad board asks me to take a semester off to prevent a complete breakdown” really saves a lot of time and stress on your part, not to mention generating some sympathy, goodwill, and possibly flowers from your acquaintances.Other added benefits of this truly economic...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Unlike the folksy protest songs of yesteryear, our generation’s music of subversion is the pop song. So kick back, relax, and enjoy while we do it to you in your eardrum?...

Author: By The crimson arts staff , CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Celebrity Lists | 12/14/2006 | See Source »

...these ancient divisive creeds and thus extinguish those dangerous fires of righteousness. A little more humility about the human condition and our relation to a higher power would go a long way toward healing what divides us. Carolyn D. Lewis Ocean View, Delaware, U.S. Benedict has been able to kick-start a world debate on the role of Islam vis-à-vis violence, an achievement in itself. It is only through conscience and reason - read religion - that peace and love can prevail, a goal that no political leader will ever be able to achieve. Religious leaders must teach their flocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christianity, Islam And The Pope | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...Although the school's college placement record is impressive-77% of last year's senior class enrolled in four-year colleges- Barrett says the Friedman book's admonitions led to the decision this fall to "kick up the level of rigor" in the curriculum even more. "It becomes more apparent the deeper you get into the book that what we used to consider third world countries are now outdistancing us in terms of research and, more than anything, work ethic," he says. "I want our kids to realize they're not just competing with the kid next to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a New Student in Michigan | 12/12/2006 | See Source »

...cool” that Gore and Jones were said to have lived in Holworthy. But after a friend looked it up and found the statement wasn’t true, he and his roommates decided to put up the sign. “We get a kick out of it,” he says. “We’re just playing around with the people walking by and seeing how they adjust when they see it.” But every tourist point for Holworthy is one robbed from Mower. “We?...

Author: By Van Le, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mower, you say? Sorry, we don’t serve that here | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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