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Never let it be said that broadcasting folk can't do math. The beleaguered NBC, facing embarrassing ratings for its Olympics coverage, came up with an ingenious solution: Don't count the times when no one's watching. The network instructed Nielsen to omit from its ratings calculations the first half-hour of its prime- time broadcast (from...
Right now, the course listings are erroneous. At best, they omit TF involvement. At worst, they list professors where there are only TFs. When the book that lists our courses cannot be considered a sound body of knowledge, what are we to make of the courses that it contains...
...instance, Biological Sciences 11: "Basic Principles of Biochemistry and Cell Biology," which will be replaced by Biological Sciences 54, will omit material that is already covered in organic chemistry courses and will add more advanced material...
...instead of the three real best pictures of the year--The Talented Mr. Ripley, Being John Malkovich and The End of the Affair (throw in Election or Toy Story 2 and I'd still be happy). To look edgy, they reluctantly toss in Spike Jonze for Best Director and omit Frank Darabont for The Green Mile even though the movie is nominated for Best Picture--but that just makes them look self-conscious and lame...
...your demonizing of MIT fraternities, you omit the positive contributions MIT fraternities make to the community. My house runs charitable events and has never caused any disturbance to the community. This record is representative of MIT fraternities. You mention that Phi Kappa Sigma (PKS) was forced to cancel a party for the Leukemia Society of America after the firecracker incident, but neglect to mention that the MIT community had a rally to support PKS at which we raised over $10,000 to combat leukemia...