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Your article on the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission ((Space, Nov. 29)) called the satellite a ''$1.6 billion disappointment that has kept astronomers in anguish since it was launched three years ago.'' In fact, the Hubble telescope has opened up new horizons for astronomy, allowing scientists to peer farther into the depths of space and more closely at nearby stars and galaxies than ever before. Whether the value of pure science is enough to justify the Hubble's cost is certainly a matter for debate, but the value of Hubble to astronomy is irrefutable...
...sexy.2) Subtlety is the key to gaining respect. Shirts with a print on them either make you look like Chiquita Banana or an awning.3) Confidence is the key to carrying off metrosexuality with elegance instead of vanity. Act as if you always dressed this way, instead of acting like peer pressure made you succumb. Even though it obviously did. Clearly, you didn’t dress this way in Iowa.—Staff writer Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...
...University. All those universities were ranked higher this year than last, when THES first issued its rankings. University of California, Berkeley, ranked second last year, fell four spots to number six in this year’s edition. The rankings were based on a several criteria including reviews by peer institutions and recruiters, and the percentage of international students and faculty at the institution. Two hundred universities worldwide were ranked by THES. Yale and Princeton, ranked seventh and ninth respectively, were the only other Ivy League institutions to crack the top 10, which also included Cal Tech and France?...
...students sued in round after round” of lawsuits. She said the RIAA’s goal is not to completely eliminate music piracy, but to reduce it to a manageable level. “Without question, these lawsuits have helped to arrest the tremendous growth of illegal peer to peer use,” Engebretsen said. In addition to Harvard, 16 other schools had their network users sued in the latest round of litigation. The schools are: Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Drexel University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University...
While Harvard’s health experts are working to inform students, there is no shortage of campus student groups that focus on nutrition, either. Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) is dedicated to peer-counseling those with concerns about body image, eating disorders, and nutrition concerns. The Undergraduate Council (UC), generally regarded as a source of party funds and not health help, is forming a freshman dining committee with the hope of informing HUDS about the freshman dining experience at Harvard...