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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Those who manage to avoid the lure of slumber during classes often consider their classmates' siesta an act of disrespect towards the professor, not to mention a detraction from the academic environment. "I'm aware that many students of varying classes, creeds and first names find it appalling that their brethren and sethren take for granted the collegiate environment to such an extent that the classroom becomes a legitimate context for the curative processes of sub-conscious retreat," comments Noam I. Weinstein '99, "but maybe people get tired...

Author: By Bridie J. Clark, | Title: Getting Your Z | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

However, it is difficult to escape the sleaze associated with mere mention of a massage parlor. Massage possesses a certain mystique that shrouds it in mystery for most. "My parents think it's weird," organizer Lesley L. Chen '98 concedes, "but most people think it's pretty cool. It's therapeutic and relaxing, but the connotations out there are horrendous...

Author: By Lynda A. Yast, | Title: Knead to Relax? | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

...After facing a crowd of hecklers live on CNN at Ohio State ? not to mention the critical notices that followed ? the secretary of state marched right back onto college campuses Thursday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning Her Lesson | 2/19/1998 | See Source »

This explanation satisfied me for some time. After all, the Judeo-Christian God has been rumored to be a jealous God. And who wouldn't be jealous of people who spend their careers pushing back the borders of knowledge and getting paid ridiculously well for it, not to mention that they get to wear jeans and T-shirts to work every day? Not only that, but divine retribution on over-programmed programmers would be a neat way for a deity to get back at Harvard, the institution once devoted to the study of God and now devoted to the study...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: God and the CS Student | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

Another Harvard student, Lauren K. Williams '99, earned an honorable mention form USA Today. The Pforzheimer House resident was unable to be reached for comment...

Author: By Evelyn H. Sung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Named to All-USA Academic Teams | 2/17/1998 | See Source »

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