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...listen. And since his friends tirelessly reference TV and movies, he now feels more comfortable being social via the show’s ideas. Finally, with a new eye for absurdity, he is thinking like a comic outside the den. The other day he told me about a letter home from his teacher regarding their class pets, complaining that, while at last permitted to feed the bearded lizards a few wax worms each morning, he could not administer a shave. My parents, understandably, voice a some concern about the adult content in “Family...
...eDonkey, announced at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Hearing on Sept. 28 that his company would “convert eDonkey’s user base to an online content retailer operating in a closed P2P environment.” He did so in response to a cease-and-desist letter from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) which threatened immediate litigation unless MetaMachine blocked the sharing of copyrighted content on its networks. Since a June 27, 2005 Supreme Court ruling against Grokster gave record labels and movie studios the green light to sue file-sharing services, the RIAA...
...warrants garnered no results. Oct. 4: 9:52 a.m.—Both HUPD and Cambridge Police Department (CPD) officers descended upon 1 Eliot St. to investigate a packaged deemed suspicious. Police determined the package posed no threat. 3:25 p.m.—A report of a suspicious letter sent an officer to 124 Mt. Auburn St. to investigate. The otherwise inconspicuous letter was confiscated and a report was filed. 6:29 p.m.—An officer responded to Cabot House because of a report concerning camera crews and television reporters in the area. The responding officer determined...
...have realized that a harsh police crack-down on underage drinkers will inevitably result in more uncontrolled student alcohol consumption. By contrast, Evans’ personal obsession with erasing underage alcohol consumption from the face of the earth is clear evidence of his priorities: blind enforcement of the letter of the law over concern for the welfare of young students. We wish Harvard were in a position to emulate Yale in its philosophy that student safety is far better served by treating alcohol consumption as a health issue and not a disciplinary one. But the BPD has tied Harvard?...
...report on the U.S. military's frustrating struggle in Iraq sparked comment from readers who oppose the war. Others who wrote despaired of the costs of the conflict but could see no easy way out. Some letter writers, however, felt that questioning U.S. actions only gives comfort to the enemy...