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...learn anything from the amateurs? While college football's overtime format may be more fair than pro's, it is absurd in a different way. In many respects, the setup feels like a game kids play at recess. Forgoing kickoffs altogether, each team receives the ball at the opponent's 25-yard line, meaning that without moving an inch, a team is already in field goal range. Teams alternate drives towards the end zone, until one team scores more than the other in an individual possession, or period (to try to move things along, the teams must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solving the NFL's Overtime Fumble | 11/16/2008 | See Source »

...escape. Meanwhile, a group of detectives are out looking for a sadistic freak they call Jigsaw because of the puzzle pieces he leaves at all of his crime scenes. Rather than kill anyone, Jigsaw devises elaborate ways for people to kill themselves, and in the process we learn to value life. So it’s a positive message: Love it or lose it. Jigsaw just wants everyone to be happy...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman | Title: A Slice of Justice | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...early September, the first-year Harvard Medical School students in a biochemistry class expected to learn about protein degradation. Instead, they came out of lecture ready to push for more comprehensive conflict of interest policies...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Medical School Students Push to Codify Conflict of Interest Polices | 11/14/2008 | See Source »

...Marco Chan ’11, Co-Chair of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, thinks students should be aware of the University’s history. “I think it would be great for Harvard students, whether they are LGBT-identified or not, to learn about Harvard history and realize the evolution of the institution,” Chan says. “More specifically to realize that as with most major historical institutions, we have seen our share of homophobia, and I think that’s something we need to acknowledge...

Author: By Melanie E. Long, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Silenced Voices Finally Speak Out in 'Perkins 28' | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...Millionaire?” when he is arrested under suspicion of cheating. An uneducated orphan working at a telemarketing firm couldn’t possibly get so far on the show, right?As Jamal is brutally interrogated by police officers, flashbacks reveal how he managed to learn the answer to each question on the show, delivering the beautiful, exhilarating story of his life. After Jamal and his brother, Salim (Madhur Mittal), watch the murder of their mother by anti-Muslim rioters, they embark on a spectacular adventure through India, encountering gangsters, con men, and tourists while Jamal tries to rescue...

Author: By Samuel E. Chalsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Slumdog Millionares" | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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