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...last spring, this past school year was a test to see if the structure of social life at the College could stand.Perhaps the greatest challenge facing Harvard’s social programming is the diverse composition of its social scene. Many Harvard students get their weekend kicks traipsing down Mount Auburn Street and knocking on the heavy doors of final clubs, while others turn to House Committee-sponsored stein clubs and parties funded by the Undergraduate Council (UC) for fun. Faced with accommodating both the party-hopping social butterflies and the early-to-bed bookworms on campus, the College must...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: This Year In Fun | 6/5/2007 | See Source »

...vulnerable is the Web? Extremely. Just about anyone with a modicum of determination can successfully mount an attack. The "tools and instructions are readily available at a low cost," says Oliver Friedrichs, a director at the security response unit of Symantec, a U.S. software firm. Internet chat rooms and bulletin boards can furnish would-be saboteurs with instructions on launching their own strike. And defending against these attacks is tricky. Large corporations can invest in clever hardware that detects odd patterns of requests for its websites and routes away the suspicious ones. Smaller firms, not used to handling huge volumes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under Attack, Over the Net | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

KATSUSUKE YANAGISAWA, 71, a retired teacher from Japan, about reaching the top of Mount Everest. He became the oldest person to scale the 29,035-ft. peak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 11, 2007 | 5/31/2007 | See Source »

...book was being shipped, Breashears was nowhere to be found. Having already visited Mount Everest 10 times, he flew back again last month to film a documentary for the PBS series Frontline. Two weeks ago he talked to TIME by satellite hookup from the base camp on the northern, Tibetan face of the mountain, and discussed the making of his film, the creation of his book and the lessons taught by the fatal climb. "We passed some hard nights the last time we were here," he said, "thinking about the nature of the mountain, why we were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain Without Mercy | 5/26/2007 | See Source »

...Sherpas, two clients and four guides died on Mount Everest. Weathers lost his nose, which was surgically rebuilt, as well as his hands, which can never be replaced. For several days, the weary filmmakers did little more than knock about base camp. Finally, on May 23, they made their trip to the summit and finished their filming. On the way, they passed the frozen bodies of Fischer and Hall. While Fischer was still exposed to the elements, the upper half of Hall's body had drifted over. Breashears and Viesturs paused to spend some time with each of them, sitting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mountain Without Mercy | 5/26/2007 | See Source »

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