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...impetus behind Cornell's proposal is certainly laudable-undergraduates should be the main focus in any university's structure. But we caution our Ivy League colleague against blindly replicating the Harvard model. Though the House system does have its merits, its value has slowly eroded over the years-both because of the changing times and wrong-headed decisions on the part of College administrators...
Athletes who have used creatine for extendedperiods of time say the supplement helps theirperformance in their strength and conditioningprograms as long as they monitor their use of it.They say it is especially productive in thesummers and offseasons, when their main goal is toget stronger and build up their stamina andendurance...
...main issue here is attitude. The Harvard administration has a bad one where its undergraduates are concerned--because it can. Students will never stop wanting to come here no matter how poorly the College treats its students. And things aren't that bad anyway, right? To some degree, yes. Things are pretty good for most and excellent for some. But for an equal number, the cracks are large enough to fall through and the education they receive is not worth $130,000. (The diploma might be, but that's another article...
...SunBox Co. of Gaithersburg, Md. www.sunboxco.com) or Enviro-Med of Vancouver, Wash. www.teleport.com/~biolight/) Whatever product you use should emit only visible light, because ultraviolet light damages the eyes. If you are photosensitive, you may develop a rash if you're taking certain medications, including sulfa drugs. Otherwise, the main drawback is having to sit in front of the light for 30 minutes to 60 minutes first thing in the morning. That's an inconvenience many winter depressives can live with...
...with any good marine fiction, the sea itself is background, scene shifter and, from time to storm-lashed time, main character. But the series swims also on an ocean of wondrous language, in which inept seamen, for instance, are not only "sad brutish grobians," but "froward dirty disreputable rough good-for-nothing disorderly ragabashes and raparees." If there is a serious flaw, it is that since the novels are mostly about men, they are probably mostly for men. O'Brian writes good female characters, but mostly they remain ashore (and one of the best, Maturin's flamboyant wife Diana, dies...