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America’s oldest collegiate foodservice has just scored some major bling—but its patrons have yet to show much of an appetite. For the most part, Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS) new flat-panel plasma screens and electronic kiosks (for installation in each dining hall) haven’t even sparked brain-break levels of interest. Still, at a campus in which anything and everything inspires debate—from abstinence to alcohol subsidies and single-ply toilet paper—HUDS’ latest effort has not escaped criticism. The new technology deserves...
...instance, operate with an efficiency of 40% or better, while Chinese plants are generally much lower. Closing that gap could make a difference - but again, the sheer scale of that growth requires far more. "We need to develop that leapfrog attitude for developing countries," said Jose Goldemberg, the panel's co-chair and a professor at the Institute of Electrotechnics and Energy at the University of Sao Paulo...
Last Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee rightly recognized the global significance of climate change when it awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore ’69 and the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations-established committee of scientists conducting research on climate change. We hope the spotlight of the award will give activists the momentum they need to finally catalyze the world into actively combating climate change. While awareness of the critical issue of climate change has grown over the last several years, some in the United States and the world at large?...
...playwrights to celebrate the opening of the New College Theatre on Holyoke Street last night. Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith and Dean of the College David Pilbeam participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony while prominent playwrights, including Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel, were featured on a panel. In tune with the bright red and purple décor of the venue—once the site of the old Hasty Pudding Theatre—the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) set a lighthearted and celebratory tone to the night. Director of the OFA Jack Megan commended...
...ordinary step was that, after several weeks of speculation, he named some new members and a new chairman to oversee the Defense Policy Board, a somewhat obscure Pentagon panel that nonetheless wields considerable influence on military matters...