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...There is no dispute that Harvard University is a private institution and not a governmental institution,” Staffier wrote. “There is also no dispute that HUPD officers are employees of Harvard University...The mere fact that HUPD officers are given authority to perform certain functions by state and local police agencies does not make them officers or employees of a governmental entity...
...fact that they’re given this authority is a big issue to us,” Jalli said. “To [Staffier], it’s a ‘mere fact...
...back to those recurring chance meetings: This is not something that can be written of as merely serendipitous, for that would imply some kind of deliberate wish-work. No, it involves far less work than that: put simply, Harvard College is an ideal size for both knowing and not knowing people. Moving beyond the rather terrifying psuedo-existensial abyss implied in that statement, I’ll stick to some simple math. An undergraduate body of around 6,500 is large enough that it would be quantitatively impossible to know everyone, except perhaps if you happened to be former Undergraduate...
...season? You might have thought so, given the stunned looks on the faces of the drivers who got blown out by Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello's one-two finish for Team Ferrari on March 7. But with 17 races left in the season, there's still hope for mere mortals, and this weekend in Sepang there'll be a major difference in the racing: the weather. Where Melbourne was cool, Malaysia will be steamy, and that will make a big difference in a crucial area - the tires. The engine, chassis and ability of the driver account for three-quarters...
...researchers are also finding that money makes us nutty. We should treat money as a mere exchange mechanism that allows us to get stuff. That distinction is lost on our brains. The dopamine release that makes a juicy hamburger so satisfying works the same magic even if we simply find the money to buy the burger...