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...does not decrease. Questions asked through these online chats have been short and simple, and usually consist of queries about library hours or the availability of a specific book, according to Joe Bourneuf, the head of the reference section in Widener Library. Bourneuf also said that students who have longer, more complicated questions—such as those regarding senior theses—should still contact the librarian of their academic department. “IM is only good for short and simple conversations,” he said. Deborah Kelley-Millburn, who is a research librarian in Widener, said...
...Rethink,” begged the large type on the official Harvard posters advertising sustainability events last week. The implication of this slogan was, no doubt, that environmental action is no longer the province of corrective prescriptions but of wholesale reconstructions. Hiding unseen but implied behind “rethink” was another “re” word: “revolution.” The conclusion—sometimes explicit but mostly tacit—is that tackling climate change is the definitional struggle of our generation...
...Every team had the play through the conditions, so the team took it in stride. “We didn’t have much of a choice, and we tried to roll with it,” Sheldon said. “It was definitely a much longer day, but this was by no means the longest.” Now the defending Ivy champs can take some time off, take a breather, and after hitting the links, begin to hit the books. “We’re taking a couple weeks off to put in couple...
...which caps property tax hikes at 2.5 percent. Unfortunately, costs rise at a much higher rate, so town electorates must pass Prop 2½ “overrides” to avoid deep cuts. When an override fails, nurses are laid off; schools close; 911 response times get longer. Question 1 would have the effect of several failed overrides per community—in all 351 communities in the commonwealth...
...basic foodstuffs), while the political uncertainty over the past 18 months fueled extensive capital flight that has weakened the rupee and depleted forex reserves. A failure to increase the capacity of electricity production now plunges Pakistan's main cities into darkness for up to ten hours a day, with longer periods in rural areas. Industrial output has shrunk with employers now laying off employees they can no longer afford to keep. And Pakistanis have begun to take their anger to the streets. In parts of Lahore on Monday, scores of protesters laid siege to the local office of the electricity...