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...using a social network of over 12,000 people during a span of 32 years, Christakis was able to analyze the impact of this network on the clustering of drinkers and non-drinkers and the subsequent consumption of alcohol. He also examined the nature of social ties, noting that close friends and family had a larger impact on drinking than neighbors or colleagues...
...researchers founds that non-drinkers had a smaller influence on their social network, and an individual was 29 percent more likely to abstain if a friend or relative did not drink...
...student, who chose to remain anonymous because he was under the legal drinking age, said that he believed his social network moderates how much he drinks rather than encourages him to drink more, saying that he began to drink more consciously after coming to Harvard...
Originally founded as WHCN (Harvard Crimson Network) in 1940, the station was managed by undergraduate Kenneth I. Richter ’43 and several of his friends from the ham radio club. According to Holmes, WHCN is the oldest continuously running college radio station in the country. Despite being initially funded by The Crimson, the radio station soon changed its name to WHRV (Harvard Radio Voice) and became a self-sufficient entity. In 1957, the station switched from closed-channel to open-channel, opening up its broadcasting to the surrounding Boston area...
...Brotherhood has been officially banned since 1954 but partially tolerated nonetheless during various periods ever since. It runs a network of charities across the country and operates offices in various towns and cities. When the regime let its guard down, under pressure from the Bush Administration, for the first round of parliamentary elections in 2005, Brotherhood members running as independents captured 88 of 454 seats, making them the largest opposition bloc in parliament...